trash bin
4
1.0
- noun
- /træʃ bɪn/
- US
:
cubo de basura
- She threw the empty soda can into the trash bin after finishing her drink.
- kitchen trash bin
- overflowing trash bin
- metal trash bin
Yes, I already have my bin, my trash bin, it's piling up already.
- Yes, I already have my bin, my trash bin, it's piling up already.
- And people are awful about what goes in their trash bin.
- Sewer liquor out of these trash bins.
- But today it literally goes into the same trash as the as the trash bin.
Examples
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Tossed the shells underhanded to the trash bin.
Fiction book (1997) -
Five to seven small trash bins were arranged around the cardboard sheet near the weighing scale.
Academic text (1994) -
I found it in a trash bin at home yesterday.
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I tossed them in the trash bin.
Fiction book (1998) -
Each sheet is cut into thin strips that fall into the trash bin below.
Blog text (15) -
Small shredders can be placed directly on top of a trash bin and then turned on.
Blog text (15) -
Narrator 2: Homer's dad drops the rocket into the trash bin.
Fiction book (1999) -
"Since residents pay variable rates based on trash bin size, they have an economic incentive to divert more of their trash," says Macy.
Academic text (1999) -
Flies buzzed furiously around two teetering trash bins.
Fiction book (1997) -
The site is owned by the Grant County Public Utility District, which has provided trash bins and a handful of Port-a-Potties—the rudiments of American sanitation.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
214
1.0
A container where people put waste to be taken away
190
2.7
A large metal container for holding garbage outside buildings
119
1.0
A container with a lid for storing or throwing away things
72
1.0
A container for holding rubbish until it is collected
60
1.0
A bin with a lid that holds household waste until someone takes it away
15
1.0
A container with an open top for holding paper and small bits of rubbish
10
1.0
A container for household rubbish
2
1.1
A large round bin for holding rubbish until someone collects it
2
1.3
A container with an open top for small trash like paper
A bin for rubbish kept until it is collected
A bin in public places where people put rubbish
A bin in public places where people put trash
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Morphology
The meaning 'a folder for deleted files' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'trash' (rubbish) with 'bin' (a receptacle for waste): it metaphorically extends the physical notion of throwing things away to digital files. This metaphorical extension is common across languages and computing interfaces, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words will very likely infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The compound noun trash bin comes from a simple picture: a bin that holds trash until collectors take it away. That's why trash bin means 'a container for rubbish'.