Definition

1. Noun:
   • A container for waste: A receptacle, typically made of plastic, metal, or wicker, used for holding trash or garbage before disposal.
   • A specific type of bin: Often refers to a smaller, portable, or open-topped container, sometimes with handles, as opposed to a large fixed bin.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Hãy vứt giấy vào sọt rác. (Please throw the paper into the dustbin.)
  • Sọt rác trong công viên đã đầy. (The trash can in the park is full.)
  • Cô ấy đem sọt rác ra cuối đường. (She took the garbage can out to the end of the street.)

Advanced Usage

• "đổ sọt rác": to empty the trash can.

  • Mỗi sáng, nhiệm vụ của anh ấy là đổ sọt rác. (Every morning, his task is to empty the garbage can.)

• "sọt rác công cộng": public trash can.

  • Thành phố lắp đặt thêm nhiều sọt rác công cộng. (The city installed more public trash cans.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thùng rác (noun): A more general term for a trash bin or garbage can, which can be larger or more stationary than a .
• Hộp rác (noun): A box-like container for trash.

Synonyms

• Thùng đựng rác: waste container.
• Thùng rác: trash bin.

Related Phrases

• Vứt/vứt bỏ vào sọt rác: to throw away/discard into the trash can.

  • Ý tưởng đó nên bị vứt vào sọt rác. (That idea should be thrown in the trash.)

• Đầy ắp sọt rác: overflowing trash can.

  • Sọt rác đầy ắp thu hút ruồi muỗi. (An overflowing trash can attracts flies and mosquitoes.)

1. Dustbin; (Mỹ) garbage can, trash-can