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garbage cans

garbage cans is the plural of garbage can.

Meaning of garbage can

Noun

garbage can (plural garbage cans)

  1. (Canada, US) A receptacle, usually roughly cylindrical and wider at the top than at the bottom, which serves as a place to discard waste materials.

Questions about garbage cans

What is garbage cans the plural of?
Garbage cans is the plural of garbage can.

Words near garbage cans in the dictionary

  1. garbage bandit
  2. garbage bandits
  3. garbage bin
  4. garbage bins
  5. garbage can
  6. garbage cans
  7. garbage chute
  8. garbage chutes
  9. garbage collect
  10. garbage collected
  11. garbage collection

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