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Noun: dump truck  dúmp trúk
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: dumper truck)
  1. Truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity
    - dumper, tipper truck, tipper lorry, tip truck, tipper, dumper truck [Brit]

Derived forms: dump trucks

Type of: lorry [Brit], motortruck [N. Amer], truck

Encyclopedia: Dump truck