dustbin, garbage

dustbin, garbage
صُنْدُوق القُمامة \ dustbin, garbage: a can, a container (kept outside the house) for waste paper, tins, etc..

Arabic-English glossary. 2015.

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  • garbage can — noun A receptacle, usually roughly cylindrical and wider at the top then at the bottom, which serves as a place to discard waste materials. Syn: ashcan, dumpster, dustbin, garbage pail, rubbish bin, trash can …   Wiktionary

  • dustbin — is the normal word in BrE for a rubbish bin, although the shorter form bin is widely used informally (and wheelie bins, tall bins on wheels, have been in use since the 1980s: the term is Australian in origin). Dustman has largely been replaced by …   Modern English usage

  • dustbin — (d[u^]st b[i^]n), n. a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected. Syn: ashcan, trash can, garbage can, wastebin, ashbin, trash barrel, trash bin. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • garbage can — garbage cans N COUNT A garbage can is a container that you put rubbish into. [AM] A bomb planted in a garbage can exploded early today. (in BRIT, use dustbin) …   English dictionary

  • garbage can — garbage ,can noun count AMERICAN a large deep container with a lid that you keep outside for holding garbage that is ready to be collected. British dustbin …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • garbage can — garbage .can n AmE a container with a lid for holding waste until it can be taken away British Equivalent: dustbin …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Garbage truck — Not to be confused with Dump truck. Scania front loader Garbage truck refers to a truck specially designed to collect small quantities of waste and haul the collected waste to a solid waste treatment facility. Other common names for this type of… …   Wikipedia

  • dustbin */ — UK [ˈdʌs(t)bɪn] / US [ˈdʌstˌbɪn] noun [countable] Word forms dustbin : singular dustbin plural dustbins British a container that you keep outside and use for putting rubbish in. The American word is garbage can …   English dictionary

  • garbage can — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms garbage can : singular garbage can plural garbage cans American a dustbin …   English dictionary

  • dustbin — noun A bin for holding rubbish until it can be collected; a garbage can. Syn: ashcan, dumpster, garbage can, garbage pail, rubbish bin, trash can …   Wiktionary

  • dustbin — [[t]dʌ̱stbɪn[/t]] dustbins N COUNT A dustbin is a large container with a lid which people put their rubbish in and which is usually kept outside their house. [BRIT] (in AM, usually use garbage can) …   English dictionary

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