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trash pickup

trash pickup

3 1.9
Collection of garbage from homes or businesses by a local service
  • noun
  • /træʃ ˈpɪkʌp/
  • US
translation icon : recolección de basura
  • It's going out by the bins for next Tuesday's trash pickup.
  • trash pickup day
  • trash pickup for residents
  • heavy trash pickup

Number seven, walk around your home and fill one bag for trash pickup.

Examples

  • "Trash pickup isn't until Saturday."

    Fiction book (2001)
  • As you know, they didn't have trash pickup or waste dumps to carry their trash to.

    Blog text (29)
  • $100 doesn't even cover a third of the cost of trash pickup.

    Blog text (18)
  • Phillips said a decision on delaying trash pickup will be made Sunday evening.

    Blog text (18)
  • They want the trash pickup to be clean and swift.

    Blog text (3)
  • Still no trash pickup?

  • My road doesn't get plowed, nor do I receive any services other than trash pickup at home, so justify this for me, please!

    Blog text (22)
  • Councilman Rick Drummond said he had reviewed the ordinance and didn't see anything in the law about set times for trash pickup.

    Blog text (11)
  • He said the city has tried more frequent trash pickups and sidewalk cleanings in problem areas and has put up signs asking the public to use trash receptacles inside businesses.

    Blog text (33)
  • The holiday changes most garbage and trash pickup schedules to either a day earlier or a day later than normal.

Synonyms

pickup
vstrash pickup
81 2.6

The act of collecting things or people to move them

applies specifically to waste removal by a service rather than general item collection
trash collection
vstrash pickup
  • US
3 2.0

Collecting garbage from homes or streets

focuses on removal from homes and businesses by a hired service not public spaces
garbage pickup
vstrash pickup
  • US
2 1.3

A service that takes away trash from homes or businesses

is the same notion specifying collection and removal by public or private service
garbage collection
vstrash pickup
  • US
1 2.3

Picking up and taking away household or business trash

is the service act of stopping at locations to take away such waste

How Frequent

trash pickup
  • US
3 1.9
trash collection
  • US
3 2.0

Surface Forms

trash pickup singular
trash pickups plural

Morphology

trash + pickup

The noun 'trash pickup' is compositionally derived from 'trash' (rubbish) + 'pickup' (the act of picking up/collection), so its meaning 'collection and removal of garbage' is directly inferable from the parts. This compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern (noun + event) and would be readily understood by a B1 learner who knows the constituent meanings.

Etymology

Trash pickup comes from the simple image of a truck stopping to pick up people's trash at the curb. So, it means the regular service that takes your trash away.