street sweeper
Urban debris collector
A street sweeper is a vehicle equipped with rotating brushes and vacuum systems that cleans debris from roads and gutters: The street sweeper comes through every Tuesday morning.
The term also applies to a person who sweeps streets, though the job is now largely mechanized.
In slang, street sweeper refers to certain automatic weapons with wide spray patterns.
Cleanliness for public health
- custodianGuardian of a place
- municipalOf city government
- uniformIdentical throughout
- broomBristled cleaning stick
dustpan · pushcart · route · public works · maintenance crew · shift · manual labor · civil service
Scattered broken fragments
- litterScattered waste or debris
- leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
- gutterEdge channel for runoff
- curbRaised road margin
dirt · grime · dust · sand · gravel · broken glass · trash · sediment
Adjacent to the street
- gutterEdge channel for runoff
- downtownCentral business district
- boulevardBroad, tree-lined street
- avenueBroad urban roadway
sidewalk · parking lane · bike lane · public spaces · intersection · alleyway · thoroughfare · neighborhood
Bristled implements for grooming
- hopperTapered dispensing container
- water tankContainer for stored water
- suctionPulling via pressure difference
- nozzlesDirected flow outlets
cab · chassis · hydraulics · conveyor · debris chute · slow-moving · flashing lights · curbside
sanitation
Cleanliness for public health
broom · dustpan · pushcart · route · public works · maintenance crew · shift · manual labor · civil service · wages
debris
Scattered broken fragments
curb · dirt · grime · dust · sand · gravel · broken glass · trash · sediment · runoff
curbside
Adjacent to the street
avenue · sidewalk · parking lane · bike lane · public spaces · intersection · alleyway · thoroughfare · neighborhood · commercial district
brushes
Bristled implements for grooming
- hopperTapered dispensing container
- water tankContainer for stored water
- suctionPulling via pressure difference
nozzles · cab · chassis · hydraulics · conveyor · debris chute · slow-moving · flashing lights · curbside · diesel
- sanitation trucksgarbage truck, trash truck, refuse truck, sanitation truck, recycling truck
- waste managementwaste, trash, garbage, rubbish, refuse
- public workssidewalks, sewers, traffic lights, stop sign, fire hydrants
- sweeping toolsbroom, mop, push broom, corn broom, dust mop
- truckstruck, pickup truck, dump truck, semi truck, semi-truck
- urban soundstraffic, sirens, honking, horns, car horn
street sweeperlitterer
Careless waste discardant
polluter · litterbug · dumper · fly-tipper · graffiti artist
street sweepergarbage truck
Vehicle collecting household waste
refuse collector · trash truck · dustcart · recycling truck · dump truck
street, streets, sweeper, streetwise, streetlight, streetlamp, side street, back street, streetcar