garbage truck

noun

US
: a truck used to take away garbage that people put outside their houses, buildings, etc., in bags or cans

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The garbage truck then rolled and crashed into a home. — Mary Ella Hastings june 26, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2026 The 38-year-old got to know much of his community on the garbage truck before switching to a sales job five years ago. — Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 4 May 2026 Other people were taken to the hospitals in private cars or even in one case a garbage truck, Sigman said. — John Raby, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026 Fourteen months after that, another crash was reported at the same crossing when a garbage truck failed to stop and collided with a train. — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for garbage truck

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