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ashcans

ashcans is the plural of ashcan.

ashcans is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ashcan.

Meaning of ashcan

Noun

ashcan (plural ashcans)

  1. A container for collecting ashes, especially from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere.
    Synonyms:
    ashbin
  2. (idiomatic) A dustbin, trash can, or the like.
    • He chain-lit a fresh cigarette and flicked the old butt, still smouldering, into the steel ash-can beside his drawing table.1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 32
    Synonyms:
    ashbin
  3. (US, idiomatic, slang) A kind of large firecracker.
  4. (slang) A depth charge.

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Questions about ashcans

What is ashcans the plural of?
Ashcans is the plural of ashcan.

Words near ashcans in the dictionary

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  2. ashcan of history
  3. ashcan tree
  4. ashcanned
  5. ashcanning
  6. ashcans
  7. Ashchenazim
  8. Ashchurch
  9. Ashchurch Rural
  10. ashcolored
  11. ashcoloured

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