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(US, specifically New England) A waste receptacle.
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A container for rubbish or waste.
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A day in which bins, bags or boxes containing household or commercial waste or rubbish are collected, or due to be collected, by waste disposal officers (typically council employees called binmen or dustmen)
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(Britain) A disposable plastic bag used inside a permanent container to hold waste/garbage.
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(Britain) A man with the job of collecting refuse from people's homes and transporting it to a refuse tip for processing.
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(chiefly Britain and Canada) A blue container used for the collection of household waste (such as tin cans and newspapers) for recycling by a municipal authority.
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Alternative spelling of bread bin [(Britain) A breadbox.]
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(chiefly Ireland) A place, especially one provided by a local authority, to which members of the public may bring waste for recycling elsewhere.
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The practice of collecting aluminum cans or other recyclable objects; making money by collecting and selling such things.
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(New York) A private garbage collection and haulage worker or contractor.
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(idiomatic, humorous) The trash container; the wastebasket.
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A monetary deposit on a beverage or other container at the point of sale, refundable when the container is returned for reuse, recycling or proper disposal.
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(retail) A bin filled with products of a particular type, often at a discount, without any stacking or arrangement.
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(retail) A large freestanding box or basket containing loose goods for sale.
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(Canada, US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.
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(Britain) Alternative spelling of dustbin [(Britain, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) A bin for holding rubbish until it can be collected; a garbage can.]
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(Japan) waste bin, trash can
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Alternative form of dustcart [(Britain) A vehicle for collecting refuse.]
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(Britain, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) A bin for holding rubbish until it can be collected; a garbage can.
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(marketing) A form of audit in which members of a household are given a special bin in which to place the packaging of all the products they consume in a given period.
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(Britain) A vehicle for collecting refuse.
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(now rare) A hole or other receptacle for rubbish; a dustbin.
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(Britain) A person employed to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed.
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(Shetland) A refuse collection vehicle.
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(US, military slang, dated) A trash can, wastepaper basket.
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(chiefly US) A machine, built into the waste tube of a domestic sink, that shreds unwanted food and flushes it away.
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A place or receptacle for waste material.
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(Canada, US) A plastic bag produced for the disposal of household waste.
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(chiefly Canada, US) wheelie bin
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(Canada, US) A receptacle, usually roughly cylindrical and wider at the top than at the bottom, which serves as a place to discard waste materials.
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A passage where garbage is carried to a receptacle at the bottom of a building.
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(programming) Featuring garbage collection.
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(Canada, US) A service, generally run by local government, for transporting household garbage to the appropriate facility.
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(US, Canada) A worker who removes refuse.
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(Canada, US) The day of the week when people place their rubbish outside to be collected by garbagemen.
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An electric device in a kitchen drain that gets rid of food waste by shredding it to tiny bits that can be washed away.
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(Australia, US, Canada) Someone, usually male, whose job it is to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed.
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(Canada, US) Synonym of garbage can (“waste receptacle”)
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(US, Canada) A vehicle for the collection and removal of domestic waste
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(Canada, UK) Synonym of garbage disposal.
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(US, military) A galvanized trash can.
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(Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore) An event where people clean up a place, such as sweeping and removing rubbish.
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(US) A drawer designated for the storage of various miscellaneous, small, occasionally useful items of little value.
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Alternative spelling of junk drawer [(US) A drawer designated for the storage of various miscellaneous, small, occasionally useful items of little value.]
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Alternative form of litter bin [A rubbish bin.]
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Synonym of wastepaper basket
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A container with a lid operated by a foot pedal, for the disposal of kitchen waste.
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A container in which items to be recycled may be placed.
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A garbage man or garbage woman
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A machine that accepts used (empty) beverage containers and returns money to the user, as part of a recycling initiative.
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(humorous) The trash; the wastebasket.
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(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, South Africa) garbage can, trash can.
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Synonym of scrap dealer.
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(Canada, US) The partially treated waste stored in a septic tank.
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(road transport, slang) Of an engine, a motor vehicle, etc.: modified for higher performance.
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A rubbish bin with a lid that swings closed after use.
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(UK, Australia, New Zealand, by extension) A recycling centre.
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(chiefly Canada, US, metonymically) A container into which things are discarded.
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(Canada, US) A plastic bag for the disposal of household waste.
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(US) A receptacle which serves as a place to discard waste materials.
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Synonym of garbage chute.
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(Canada, US) A tall drawer, usually found in a kitchen, in which a garbage can or garbage bag can be placed, for the collection and disposal of trash.
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Alternative form of trashman [(US, Canada) Someone whose job it is to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed.]
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Alternative spelling of trash bag [(Canada, US) A plastic bag for the disposal of household waste.]
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Alternative form of trash bin [A rubbish bin.]
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Alternative form of trash can [(US) A receptacle which serves as a place to discard waste materials.]
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(US, Canada) Someone whose job it is to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed.
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A rotating drum for sorting items, such as waste for recycling.
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(UK, humorous) A person or animal that will eat almost anything.
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A basket or container of some kind used to store dirty clothes before they are washed.
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(chiefly Britain) A bin or container used to store dirty clothes and other items before they are washed.
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A container for waste, whether a larger outdoor one or a smaller indoor one.
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A tray placed in such a way as to collect waste (garbage) as it is produced.
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A usually small indoor receptacle for items that are to be discarded; a rubbish bin.
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A wastebasket; a bin used for household or office waste.
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A small open container for discarded paper etc; a wastebasket.
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Synonym of wastepaper basket
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A chute or other route for the disposal of waste material.
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(UK, Ireland) Electronic waste.
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(Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland) An outdoor rubbish bin on wheels for easier movability.
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A bin in which wood is stored.
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