wastebin
- noun
- /ˈweɪstˌbɪn/
- UK
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- Lyss dropped the swab she had used to wipe out my mouthpiece exhaust into a wastebin.
Examples
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How close you came to being a mass of tissue in a silver wastebin?
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Unless your goal is to collect a lot of useless information about other people's backlink profiles, you can toss your link research tools in the wastebin of stupid SEO tricks and just focus on what you need.
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She threw the crumpled paper into the wastebin beside her desk.
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Please empty the wastebin before it overflows with trash.
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The office manager bought a new wastebin to match the decor of the room.
Synonyms
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A container where people put waste to be taken away
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A large metal container for holding garbage outside buildings
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A container with a lid for storing or throwing away things
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A container for holding rubbish until it is collected
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A bin with a lid that holds household waste until someone takes it away
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A container with an open top for holding paper and small bits of rubbish
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A container for household rubbish
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A container for holding rubbish until it is taken away
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A bin with an open top for throwing away paper and small rubbish
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A large round bin for holding rubbish until someone collects it
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A container with an open top for small trash like paper
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A metal container for holding ashes and other rubbish until it is taken away
A bin in public places where people put rubbish
A bin in public places where people put trash
A small open container for throwing away paper and other small rubbish
A container for cold ashes and small pieces of household trash
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Etymology
Wastebin is a simple combination of waste ('rubbish') and bin ('container'), so it literally means a container for rubbish. Think of a wastebin as the British name for an American 'trash can', which makes its modern meaning clear.