Meanings
noungarbage truck (plural garbage trucks)
plural garbage trucks
- CanadaUSA vehicle for the collection and removal of domestic waste
Synonyms: bin lorry, dustcart, refuse truck, rubbish truck, trash truck
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA vehicle for the collection and removal of domestic waste
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Translations
Catalan camió d'escombraries
- camió d'escombrarieswaste collection vehicle
Chinese Cantonese 垃圾車 /垃圾车
- 垃圾車 /垃圾车 (laap⁶ saap³ ce¹)waste collection vehicle
Chinese Mandarin 垃圾車 /垃圾车
- 垃圾車 /垃圾车 (lājīchē)waste collection vehicle
Czech popelářský vůz
- popelářský vůzwaste collection vehicle
Danish skraldebil, skraldevogn c renovationsvogn
- skraldebilwaste collection vehicle
- skraldevogn c renovationsvognwaste collection vehicle
Dutch vuilniswagen
- vuilniswagenwaste collection vehicle
Finnish roska-auto
- roska-autowaste collection vehicle
French benne à ordures ménagères, camion poubelle
- benne à ordures ménagèreswaste collection vehicle
- camion poubellewaste collection vehicle
German Müllauto, Müllwagen
- Müllautowaste collection vehicle
- Müllwagenwaste collection vehicle
Greek απορριμματοφόρο
- απορριμματοφόρο (aporrimmatofóro)waste collection vehicle
Hungarian kukásautó, kukáskocsi
- kukásautówaste collection vehicle
- kukáskocsiwaste collection vehicle
- szemeteskocsiwaste collection vehicle
- szemetesautówaste collection vehicle
Icelandic ruslabíll
- ruslabíllwaste collection vehicle
Irish leoraí bruscair
- leoraí bruscairwaste collection vehicle
Japanese ごみ収集車
- ごみ収集車 (gomi shūshūsha)waste collection vehicle
Korean 쓰레기차, 수거차
- 쓰레기차 (sseuregicha)waste collection vehicle
- 수거차 (sugeocha)waste collection vehicle
Latvian atkritumu vedējs
- atkritumu vedējswaste collection vehicle
Lithuanian šiukšliavežis
- šiukšliavežiswaste collection vehicle
Malay lori sampah, trak sampah
- lori sampahwaste collection vehicle
- trak sampahwaste collection vehicle
Norwegian Bokmål renovasjonsbil, søppelbil
- renovasjonsbilwaste collection vehicle
- søppelbilwaste collection vehicle
Polish śmieciarka
- śmieciarkawaste collection vehicle
Portuguese caminhão de lixo
- caminhão de lixowaste collection vehicle
Romanian autogunoieră
- autogunoierăwaste collection vehicle
Russian му́сорная маши́на, мусорово́з
- му́сорная маши́на (músornaja mašína)waste collection vehicle
- мусорово́з (musorovóz)waste collection vehicle
Spanish camión de la basura, (camión) basurero
- camión de la basurawaste collection vehicle
- (camión) basurerowaste collection vehicle
Swahili gari la taka
- gari la takawaste collection vehicle
Swedish sopbil
- sopbilwaste collection vehicle
Turkish çöp arabası, çöp kamyonu
- çöp arabasıwaste collection vehicle
- çöp kamyonuwaste collection vehicle
Welsh lori ludw
- lori ludwwaste collection vehicle
Yiddish מיסטאויטאָ
- מיסטאויטאָ (mistoyto)waste collection vehicle
Cite this entry
APA
garbage truck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garbage%20truck
MLA
“garbage truck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garbage%20truck. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “garbage truck,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garbage%20truck.
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