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Definition: Garbage Truck |
Garbage TruckNoun1. A truck for collecting domestic refuse; "in England a garbage truck is called a dustcart". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Environment | Specially designed vehicle intended for the collecting and transport of waste, usually domestic waste(1); special truck that is equipped to lift and empty the garbage containers into the compaction compartment of the truck(2). Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Garbage TruckSynonym: dustcart (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Garbage Truck |
| English words defined with "garbage truck": dustcart. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "garbage truck": ATTENDANT, CAMPGROUND ♦ campground hand ♦ GARBAGE COLLECTOR DRIVER. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Theater & Movies | |
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Health | Circadian rhythms can be affected to some degree by almost any kind of external time cue, such as the beeping of your alarm clock, the clatter of a garbage truck, or the timing of your meals. (references) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
garbage truck | 227 |
rental garbage truck | 28 |
toy garbage truck | 28 |
used garbage truck | 13 |
garbage truck for sale | 9 |
art clip garbage truck | 3 |
fire garbage truck | 3 |
cast die garbage truck | 2 |
depression garbage truck | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "garbage truck"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 垃圾車 . (various references) | |
Danish | skraldevogn (refuse collection vehicle, refuse collector, sanitary van), renovationsvogn (refuse collection vehicle, refuse collector, sanitary van). (various references) | |
Dutch | vuilniswagen (refuse collection vehicle, refuse collector, sanitary van), vuilnisophaalauto (refuse collection vehicle, refuse collector, sanitary van), vuilniskar (refuse collection vehicle, refuse collector, sanitary van), vuilnisauto (refuse collection vehicle, refuse collector, sanitary van). (various references) | |
Finnish | jätteenkuljetusauto (refuse collection vehicle, refuse collector, sanitary van), jäteauto (refuse collection vehicle, refuse collector, sanitary van). (various references) | |
French | camion ordures, benne de ramassage des ordures, benne ordures. (various references) | |
German | Müllwagen (refuse collection vehicle, refuse collector, refuse lorry, rubbish cart, sanitary van), Müllsammelfahrzeug (refuse collection vehicle, refuse collector, sanitary van), Müllfahrzeug (refuse collection vehicle, refuse collector, sanitary van). (various references) | |
Greek | απορριμματοφόρο όχημα (refuse collection vehicle, refuse collector, sanitary van). (various references) | |
Italian | camion per R.S.U. (refuse collection vehicle, refuse collector, sanitary van), benna di raccolta dei rifiuti (refuse collection vehicle, refuse collector, sanitary van), autocarro per rifiuti (refuse collection vehicle, refuse collector, sanitary van). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 清掃車 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | せいそうしゃ. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arbagegay ucktray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | veículo de recolha do lixo (refuse collection vehicle, refuse collector, sanitary van), veículo de recolha de resíduos sólidos (refuse collection vehicle, refuse collector, sanitary van), triturador de resíduos. (various references) | |
Spanish | camión recogebasuras (refuse collection vehicle, refuse collector, sanitary van), camión de basura (refuse collection vehicle, refuse collector, sanitary van). (various references) | |
Swedish | sopbil (refuse collection vehicle, refuse collector, refuse lorry, sanitary van). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-g-g-k-r-r-t-u" | |
-4 letters: arcature, braggart, carburet, trackage, truckage. | |
-5 letters: abreact, arcuate, barrack, barrage, bearcat, bracket, bragger, burgage, cabaret, cartage, garbage, retrack, tracker, trucker. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 61 72 62 61 67 65 54 72 75 63 6B |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100001 01110010 01100010 01100001 01100111 01100101 00100000 01010100 01110010 01110101 01100011 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G a r b a g e   T r u c k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0061 0072 0062 0061 0067 0065 0054 0072 0075 0063 006B |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4167846867737125484876977 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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