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Dump⋅ster

[duhmp-ster]
Trademark.
a brand of large metal bin for refuse designed to be hoisted onto a specially equipped truck for emptying or hauling away.
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Dump·ster   (dŭmp'stər)   
A trademark used for containers designed for receiving, transporting, and dumping waste materials. This trademark often occurs in print in lowercase: "[The street is] lined with low-cost apartment buildings and strewn with blue dumpsters" (Chicago Tribune).
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