Dumpcart
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dumpcart is a noun meaning A cart, often two-wheeled, that can be tilted to empty its contents.
Meaning
A cart, often two-wheeled, that can be tilted to empty its contents.
Example Sentences
When James' Bay mud flats had become too "towny" to be a rubbish heap any more, the little two-wheeled, one-horse dump-carts trundled their loads of garbage to the unmade end of Cook Street and spilled it among the boggy ooze.
1955, Albert Camus, "The Minotaur, or the Stop in Oran" (1939), translated by Justin O'Brien, New York: Vintage, 1991, p. 176, Farther on, dump-carts tip their loads over the slopes; and the rocks, suddenly poured seaward, bound and roll into the water, each large lump followed by a scattering of lighter stones.
Word Forms
- dumpcarts
Synonyms for dumpcart
Depending on context, synonyms include tumbril, tumbrel.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dump-cart, tumbril, tumbler, dustcart, tumbrel, dumptruck.
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