garbage can
(North America) A receptacle, usually roughly cylindrical and wider at the top than at the bottom, which serves as a place to discard waste materials.
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Y'all ever do something really thoughts empty like throwing trash in the toilet on accident instead of the garbage can and then having to fish it out...This post in no way brought to you by doing exactly that this mor…
I just took my garbage can to the street and it’s freezing out there And I put on a quilted spring jacket
Time to shut the garbage can lid on this grouch.
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(North America) A receptacle, usually roughly cylindrical and wider at the top than at the bottom, which serves as a place to discard waste materials.
“Hobo With Garbage Can Stuck On His Head Mistaken For Met Gala Attendee https://babylonbee.com/news/hobo-with-garbage-can-stuck-on-his-head-mistaken-for-met-gala-attendee/?utm_source=fediverse”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Y'all ever do something really thoughts empty like throwing trash in the toilet on accident instead of the garbage can and then having to fish it out...This post in no way brought to you by doing exactly that this morning”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I just took my garbage can to the street and it’s freezing out there And I put on a quilted spring jacket”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Time to shut the garbage can lid on this grouch.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(chiefly, North American) A bin for garbage; (in particular) a wheelie bin.
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(Canada, US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.
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(chiefly, North American, metonym) A container into which things are discarded.
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(North American) A plastic bag produced for the disposal of household waste.
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(idiomatic) A dustbin, trash can, or the like.