Synonyms for dustbin


Grammar : Noun
Spell : duhst-bin
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʌstˌbɪn

Top 10 synonyms for dustbin Other synonyms for the word dustbin

Définition of dustbin

Origin :
  • 1848, from dust (n.) + bin.
  • As in ash can : noun garbage can
  • As in garbage can : noun container for rubbish
  • As in trash can : noun garbage can
  • As in wastepaper basket : noun garbage can
Example sentences :
  • And dont you ever want to pitch all the ledgers into the dustbin and burn the stools?
  • Extract from : « Chains » by Elizabeth Baker
  • He digs for rats in the dustbin sometimes, and gets very dirty.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Treasure Seekers » by E. Nesbit
  • Offer him a dustbin full of stuff; he calls it refuse—passes by on the other side.
  • Extract from : « Tono Bungay » by H. G. Wells
  • That dustbin was the outward and visible sign of the decadence of Sapp.
  • Extract from : « When Ghost Meets Ghost » by William Frend De Morgan
  • Very shortly I shall carry your head to the dustbin in a saucer.
  • Extract from : « The Loom of Youth » by Alec Waugh
  • Just before the American Ambassador came there was a new thing for carrying down the food—something like a dustbin with a lid on.
  • Extract from : « Wounded and a Prisoner of War » by Malcolm V. (Malcolm Vivian) Hay
  • But judging from Tora's voice—it sounds really aggrieved—I think it's time we went and umpired about the dustbin.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Maxon Protests » by Anthony Hope
  • I have sometimes found good species in a friend's dustbin or cistern, or upon the sides of the open cellar of a public-house.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Collecting and Preserving Natural-History Objects » by J. E. Taylor
  • Mortimer first floated into my orbit one day when we both met in the porter's lodge to complain about the dustbin.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 148, January 20th 1915 » by Various
  • And so I stood reading by the dustbin, with the rain pouring down, when all at once somebody came and clasped me round the waist.'
  • Extract from : « Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales » by Hans Christian Andersen
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