Phrase guide

garbage can

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ashcan, trash can, wastebin, ash bin, ash-bin, ashbin, dustbin, trash barrel, trash bin

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bin

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

165 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: vullisdrom — waste receptacle
  • Albanian: kosh plehrash — waste receptacle
  • Arabic: حَاوِيَةُ نُفَايَات (ḥāwiyatu nufāyāt) — waste receptacle
  • Arabic: طارو (ṭārru) — waste receptacle
  • Armenian: աղբարկղ (aġbarkġ) — waste receptacle
  • Armenian: աղբաման (aġbaman) — waste receptacle
  • Armenian: աղբի բեռնարկղ (aġbi beṙnarkġ) — waste receptacle
  • Assamese: ডাছ-বিন (das-bin) — waste receptacle
  • Assamese: জাৱৰ পেলোৱা (zawor pelüa) — waste receptacle
  • Azerbaijani: zibil qutusu — waste receptacle
  • Belarusian: сме́тніца (smjétnica) — waste receptacle
  • Belarusian: сьме́тніца (sʹmjétnica) — waste receptacle
  • Belarusian: у́рна (úrna) — waste receptacle
  • Belarusian: сме́ццевы бак (smjéccjevy bak) — waste receptacle
  • Belarusian: сьме́цьцевы бак (sʹmjécʹcjevy bak) — waste receptacle
  • Bengali: বর্জ্যধারক (borjjodharok) — waste receptacle
  • Central Bikol: basurahan — waste receptacle
  • Bulgarian: ко́фа за боклу́к (kófa za boklúk) — waste receptacle
  • Burmese: အမှိုက်ပုံး (a.hmuikpum:) — waste receptacle
  • Catalan: cubell per brossa — waste receptacle
  • Cebuano: basurahan — waste receptacle
  • Cherokee: ᎤᏟᏩᏗᏅᏓᎦᎵᏙᏗ (utliwadinvdagalidodi) — waste receptacle
  • Chinese Cantonese: 垃圾桶 (laap6 saap3 tung2) — waste receptacle
  • Hakka Chinese: 垃圾桶 (lep-sep-thúng) — waste receptacle
  • Chinese: 糞掃桶 /粪扫桶 (pùn-sò-tháng) — waste receptacle
  • Chinese: 糞掃籠 /粪扫笼 (pùn-sò-láng) — waste receptacle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 垃圾桶 (lājītǒng, lèsètǒng) — waste receptacle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 垃圾箱 (lājīxiāng, lèsèxiāng) — waste receptacle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 垃圾筒 (lājītǒng, lèsètǒng) — waste receptacle
  • Czech: popelnice — waste receptacle
  • Danish: skraldespand — waste receptacle
  • Dutch: vuilnisbak — waste receptacle
  • Esperanto: rubujo — waste receptacle
  • Estonian: prügikast — waste receptacle
  • Finnish: jäteastia — waste receptacle
  • Finnish: roskakori — waste receptacle
  • Finnish: roskapönttö — waste receptacle
  • Finnish: roskis — waste receptacle
  • Finnish: roskatynnyri — waste receptacle
  • Finnish: roskalaatikko — waste receptacle
  • Finnish: roskasäiliö — waste receptacle
  • French: poubelle — waste receptacle
  • Georgian: სანაგვე ყუთი (sanagve q̇uti) — waste receptacle
  • German: Mülltonne — waste receptacle
  • German: Mülleimer — waste receptacle
  • German: Abfalleimer — waste receptacle
  • German: Papierkorb — waste receptacle
  • German: Abfallbehälter — waste receptacle
  • Greek: σκουπιδοτενεκές (skoupidotenekés) — waste receptacle
  • Gujarati: કચરાપેટી (kacrāpeṭī) — waste receptacle
  • Haitian Creole: poubèl — waste receptacle
  • Hawaiian: kini ʻōpala — waste receptacle
  • Hebrew: פַּח אַשְׁפָּה (pakh ashpá) — waste receptacle
  • Hiligaynon: basurahan — waste receptacle
  • Hindi: कचरा पात्र (kacrā pātra) — waste receptacle
  • Hindi: कूड़ेदान (kūṛedān) — waste receptacle
  • Hungarian: szemétvödör — waste receptacle
  • Hungarian: szemetes — waste receptacle
  • Hungarian: kuka — waste receptacle
  • Hungarian: szeméttartó — waste receptacle
  • Icelandic: ruslatunna — waste receptacle
  • Icelandic: sorptunna — waste receptacle
  • Icelandic: öskutunna — waste receptacle
  • Ido: eskombruyo — waste receptacle
  • Ilocano: basurahan — waste receptacle
  • Indonesian: tong sampah — waste receptacle
  • Indonesian: tempat sampah — waste receptacle
  • Irish: bosca bruscair — waste receptacle
  • Italian: bidone per immondizie — waste receptacle
  • Italian: cestino dei rifiuti — waste receptacle
  • Japanese: ごみ箱 (gomibako) — waste receptacle
  • Japanese: ごみ入 (gomiire) — waste receptacle
  • Kazakh: қоқырсауыт (qoqyrsauyt) — waste receptacle
  • Kazakh: қоқыс жәшігі (qoqys jäşıgı) — waste receptacle
  • Khmer: ធុងសំរាម (thung sɑmraam) — waste receptacle
  • Korean: 쓰레기통 (sseuregitong) — waste receptacle
  • Central Kurdish: تەنەکەی خۆڵ (tenekey xoll) — waste receptacle
  • Northern Kurdish: çopdank — waste receptacle
  • Northern Kurdish: qutiya çopê — waste receptacle
  • Kyrgyz: таштанды челек (taştandı celek) — waste receptacle
  • Kyrgyz: таштанды кутусу (taştandı kutusu) — waste receptacle
  • Lao: ຖັງຂີ້ເຫຍື່ອ (thang khī hư̄ai) — waste receptacle
  • Latin: situla prō quisquiliās — waste receptacle
  • Latin: siclus prō quisquiliās — waste receptacle
  • Latvian: miskaste — waste receptacle
  • Latvian: atkritumu tvertne — waste receptacle
  • Lithuanian: šiukšlių dėžė — waste receptacle
  • Lithuanian: šiukšliadėžė — waste receptacle
  • Luxembourgish: Dreckskëscht — waste receptacle
  • Macedonian: корпа за отпадоци (korpa za otpadoci) — waste receptacle
  • Macedonian: канта за ѓубре (kanta za ǵubre) — waste receptacle
  • Malay: tong sampah — waste receptacle
  • Maltese: landa taż-żibel — waste receptacle
  • Māori: ipu para — waste receptacle
  • Maranao: basora'an — waste receptacle
  • Mongolian: хуучин сав суулга (xuučin sav suulga) — waste receptacle
  • Norman: bathi à tés — waste receptacle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: søppelbøtte — waste receptacle
  • Occitan: bordilhièr — waste receptacle
  • Pashto: د کثافاتو سطل (də kasāfātō saṭal) — waste receptacle
  • Pashto: د ګند ټوکرۍ (də gand ṭōkṛay) — waste receptacle
  • Iranian Persian: سَطْلِ زُبالِه (satl-e zobâle) — waste receptacle
  • Iranian Persian: سَطْلِ آشْغال (satl-e âšġâl) — waste receptacle
  • Polish: kosz na śmieci — waste receptacle
  • Polish: śmietnik — waste receptacle
  • Portuguese: lixeira — waste receptacle
  • Portuguese: cesto de lixo — waste receptacle
  • Portuguese: lata de lixo — waste receptacle
  • Portuguese: lixo — waste receptacle
  • Portuguese: caixote do lixo — waste receptacle
  • Punjabi: ਕੂੜੇਦਾਨ (kūṛedān) — waste receptacle
  • Romanian: coș de gunoi — waste receptacle
  • Romanian: pubelă — waste receptacle
  • Romanian: tomberon — waste receptacle
  • Romanian: ladă de gunoi — waste receptacle
  • Russian: му́сорный бак (músornyj bak) — waste receptacle
  • Russian: му́сорник (músornik) — waste receptacle
  • Russian: у́рна (úrna) — waste receptacle
  • Russian: му́сорка (músorka) — waste receptacle
  • Scottish Gaelic: biona-stùir — waste receptacle
  • Serbo-Croatian: канта за смеће — waste receptacle
  • Serbo-Croatian: kanta za smeće — waste receptacle
  • Silesian: hasiok — waste receptacle
  • Slovak: smetník — waste receptacle
  • Slovene: smetnjak — waste receptacle
  • Spanish: basurero — waste receptacle
  • Spanish: bote de basura — waste receptacle
  • Spanish: caneca — waste receptacle
  • Spanish: cesto de basura — waste receptacle
  • Spanish: cubo de basura — waste receptacle
  • Spanish: latón — waste receptacle
  • Spanish: pipote — waste receptacle
  • Spanish: tacho — waste receptacle
  • Spanish: tinaco — waste receptacle
  • Spanish: zafacón — waste receptacle
  • Spanish: safacón — waste receptacle
  • Swahili: pipa — waste receptacle
  • Swedish: soptunna — waste receptacle
  • Swedish: sophink — waste receptacle
  • Tagalog: basurahan — waste receptacle
  • Tajik: қуттии партов (qutti-yi partov) — waste receptacle
  • Tamil: குப்பைத்தொட்டி (kuppaittoṭṭi) — waste receptacle
  • Telugu: చెత్తబుట్ట (cettabuṭṭa) — waste receptacle
  • Tetum: sestu — waste receptacle
  • Thai: ถังขยะ (tǎng-kà-yà) — waste receptacle
  • Tibetan: གད་སྙིག་ལུག་ས (gad snyig lug sa) — waste receptacle
  • Tibetan: གད་སྙིག་བླུག་ས (gad snyig blug sa) — waste receptacle
  • Turkish: çöp kutusu — waste receptacle
  • Turkish: çöp tenekesi — waste receptacle
  • Turkish: çöp — waste receptacle
  • Turkmen: zir-zibil gutusy — waste receptacle
  • Ukrainian: смітни́к (smitnýk) — waste receptacle
  • Ukrainian: сміттє́вий бак (smittjévyj bak) — waste receptacle
  • Ukrainian: у́рна (úrna) — waste receptacle
  • Urdu: کُوڑے دان (kūṛe dān) — waste receptacle
  • Uyghur: ئەخلەت ساندۇقى (exlet sanduqi) — waste receptacle
  • Uzbek: axlat qutisi — waste receptacle
  • Vietnamese: thùng rác — waste receptacle
  • Vietnamese: sọt rác — waste receptacle
  • Welsh: bin sbwriel — waste receptacle
  • Welsh: tun sbwriel — waste receptacle
  • Welsh: tun fflwcs — waste receptacle
  • Welsh: bin lludw — waste receptacle
  • Welsh: tun lludw — waste receptacle
  • Yiddish: מיסטקאַסטן (mistkastn) — waste receptacle