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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A cart, often two-wheeled, that can be tilted to empty its contents..
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.
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.
Use dumpcart when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dumpcart means A cart, often two-wheeled, that can be tilted to empty its contents..
Common synonyms include tumbril, tumbrel.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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