dustbin
/'dʌstbin/
Definition
- Noun:
- A container for household waste: A "dustbin" is a receptacle, typically kept outdoors, for temporarily storing domestic rubbish or garbage until it is collected for disposal.
Examples
- Noun:
- Please take the full bag out to the dustbin.
- The dustbin at the back of the house needs to be emptied.
Advanced Usage
- "the dustbin of history": A metaphorical phrase describing something (e.g., an idea, policy, or regime) that is considered obsolete and has been completely rejected or forgotten.
- That political ideology has been consigned to the dustbin of history.
Variants and Related Words
- Dustcart (n, chiefly British): A truck used for collecting rubbish from dustbins.
- Dustman (n, chiefly British, dated): A person employed to collect household rubbish.
- Waste bin (n): A more general term for a container for rubbish, often used indoors.
- Trash can (n, chiefly US): The common American English equivalent of a "dustbin".
- Garbage can (n, chiefly US): Another common American English equivalent.
Synonyms
- Rubbish bin (chiefly British)
- Garbage pail (chiefly US)
- Ashcan (chiefly US, dated)
Related Phrases
- "To throw something in the dustbin": To discard something as worthless.
- He threw the old, broken radio in the dustbin.
Noun
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a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected
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