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wheelie bins

wheelie bins is the plural 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

Questions about wheelie bins

What is wheelie bins the plural of?
Wheelie bins is the plural of wheelie bin.

Words near wheelie bins in the dictionary

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

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