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wheelie-bin

wheelie-bin is the alternative form of wheelie bin.

Meaning of wheelie bin

Noun

wheelie bin (plural wheelie bins)

  1. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) A wheeled outdoor rubbish bin designed for easy movement.
    • Instead we switched from dustbins to wheelie bins which required equally significant investment in new bins and refuse vehicles. However because the wheelie bins were larger and easier to collect they actually increased the volume of unsegregated waste.1999, David Rudlin, Nicholas Falk, Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood, UK: Elsevier, page 95

Forms of wheelie-bin

pluralwheelie-bins

Questions about wheelie-bin

What is wheelie-bin the alternative form of?
Wheelie-bin is the alternative form of wheelie bin.

Words near wheelie-bin in the dictionary

  1. wheelie
  2. wheelie bag
  3. wheelie bags
  4. wheelie bin
  5. wheelie bins
  6. wheelie-bin
  7. wheelie-bins
  8. wheelied
  9. wheelieing
  10. wheelier
  11. wheelies

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