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dustbin

/ˈdʌstbɪn/

dustbin noun: a bin for holding rubbish until it can be collected; a garbage can.

dustbin: a bin for holding rubbish until it can be collected; a garbage can
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Noun

dustbin (plural dustbins)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland) A bin for holding rubbish until it can be collected; a garbage can.
    • Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

dustbin meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Punjabi

dustbin in Tamil

குப்பைத் தொட்டி, குப்பைக்கூடை

dustbin in Kannada

ಕುಪ್ಪೆತೊಟ್ಟಿ, ಕಸದ ತೊಟ್ಟಿ, ಗಂಪೆ

dustbin in Punjabi

dustbin, garbage can
ਕੂੜੇਦਾਨ kūṛedān

Examples of dustbin in a sentence

  • He is such a cheapskate, he found that jumper in a dustbin.
  • The road was full of black bags awaiting the arrival of the dustbin men.
  • He was forever diving into dustbins or swooping on to the ground for cigarette ends.

All 11 example sentences with dustbin

Synonyms of dustbin

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Forms of dustbin

pluraldustbins
alternative formdust bin
alternative formdust-bin

Plural of dustbin: dustbins

Origin of dustbin

From dust + bin, as used for disposing of dust (originally ash from domestic fires) and other rubbish.

Words formed from dustbin

Phrases with dustbin

Questions about dustbin

What does dustbin mean?
Dustbin means a bin for holding rubbish until it can be collected; a garbage can.
What is dustbin in Tamil?
Dustbin in Tamil is குப்பைத் தொட்டி, குப்பைக்கூடை. See Dustbin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dustbin?
Dustbin is a noun.
How do you pronounce dustbin?
Dustbin is pronounced /ˈdʌstbɪn/ (UK).
What is the plural of dustbin?
The plural of dustbin is dustbins.

Words near dustbin in the dictionary

  1. dustbathe
  2. dustbathed
  3. dustbathes
  4. dustbathing
  5. dustbaths
  6. dustbin
  7. dustbin check
  8. dustbin checks
  9. dustbin of history
  10. dustbins
  11. dustboard

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dustbin (page history and authors); dustbin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dustbin (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕੂੜੇਦਾਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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