Hiding from the police, Dima spent the night in a dumpster.
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Dumpster
//ˈdʌmpstɚ//
Synonyms for "dumpster" (6 found)
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24 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- гюм noun (large trash receptacle)
Catalan
1 entries- contenidor noun (large trash receptacle)
Esperanto
1 entries- rubujego noun (large trash receptacle)
Finnish
1 entries- roskalava noun (large trash receptacle)
French
1 entries- conteneur poubelle noun (large trash receptacle)
German
2 entries- Abfallcontainer noun (large trash receptacle)
- Müllcontainer noun (large trash receptacle)
Greek
2 entries- κάδος απορριμμάτων noun (large trash receptacle)
- κάδος σκουπιδιών noun (large trash receptacle)
Hebrew
1 entries- צְפַרְדֵעַ noun (large trash receptacle)
Hindi
2 entries- कचरा पात्र noun (large trash receptacle)
- कूड़ेदान noun (large trash receptacle)
Hungarian
1 entries- kuka noun (large trash receptacle)
Italian
1 entries- cassonetto noun (large trash receptacle)
Portuguese
1 entries- caçamba de lixo noun (large trash receptacle)
Russian
2 entries- му́сорка noun (large trash receptacle)
- му́сорный конте́йнер noun (large trash receptacle)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- kontejner za smeće noun (large trash receptacle)
Spanish
2 entries- contenedor noun (large trash receptacle)
- volqueta noun (large trash receptacle)
Swedish
3 entries- avfallscontainer noun (large trash receptacle)
- container noun (large trash receptacle)
- sopcontainer noun (large trash receptacle)
Turkish
1 entries- hurda konteyneri noun (large trash receptacle)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The next morning, Dima got out of the dumpster, but only to realize that all of his clothes now smelled like garbage.
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"I can't say I much like that choice," Dima sighed. "To be honest, my head's been all blurry ever since I woke up in a dumpster this morning..."
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"Sleeping in a dumpster, huh?" Al-Sayib asked. "That must have been a smelly experience."
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