garbage can
garbage can noun: a receptacle, usually roughly cylindrical and wider at the top than at the bottom, which serves as a place to discard waste materials.
Noun
garbage can (plural garbage cans)
- A receptacle, usually roughly cylindrical and wider at the top than at the bottom, which serves as a place to discard waste materials.
garbage can meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
garbage can in Hindi
- waste receptacle
- कचरा पात्र kacrā pātra, कूड़ेदान kūṛedān
garbage can in Tamil
- waste receptacle
- குப்பைத்தொட்டி kuppaittoṭṭi
garbage can in Urdu
- waste receptacle
- کُوڑے دان kūṛe dān
garbage can in Bengali
- waste receptacle
- বর্জ্যধারক borjjodharok
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- garbage can in Telugu
- చెత్తబుట్ట cettabuṭṭa
- garbage can in Punjabi
- ਕੂੜੇਦਾਨ kūṛedān
- garbage can in Gujarati
- કચરાપેટી kacrāpeṭī
- garbage can in Assamese
- ডাছ-বিন das-bin, জাৱৰ পেলোৱা zawor pelüa
- garbage can in Pashto
- د کثافاتو سطل də kasāfātō saṭal, د ګند ټوکرۍ də gand ṭōkṛay
- garbage can in Tagalog
- basurahan
- garbage can in Arabic
- حَاوِيَةُ نُفَايَات ḥāwiyatu nufāyāt
- garbage can in Malay
- tong sampah
- garbage can in Indonesian
- tong sampah, tempat sampah
- garbage can in Thai
- ถังขยะ tǎng-kà-yà
- garbage can in Vietnamese
- thùng rác, sọt rác
- garbage can in Myanmar
- အမှိုက်ပုံး a.hmuikpum:
Forms of garbage can
| plural | garbage cans |
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Questions about garbage can
- What does garbage can mean?
- Garbage can means a receptacle, usually roughly cylindrical and wider at the top than at the bottom, which serves as a place to discard waste materials.
- What is garbage can in Hindi?
- Garbage can in Hindi is कचरा पात्र (kacrā pātra), कूड़ेदान (kūṛedān). See Garbage can meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is garbage can?
- Garbage can is a noun.
- What is the plural of garbage can?
- The plural of garbage can is garbage cans.
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