1. Truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity
   "The construction site was busy with dump trucks delivering gravel";
   - dumper, tipper truck, tipper lorry, tip truck, tipper, dumper truck [Brit]

Derived forms: dump trucks

Type of: lorry [Brit], motortruck [N. Amer], truck

Encyclopedia: Dump truck