poubelle — meaning in English

English meaning

• ashcan noun A container for collecting ashes, especially from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere.
• bin noun A container used to hold or throw away items.
• garbage noun Waste material, especially food scraps and household rubbish, thrown away as useless.

Senses

poubelle is used for these senses in English:

• ashcan A container for collecting ashes, especially from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere.
• bin A container for rubbish or waste.
• garbage Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.
• 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.

ashcan — full definition

1. noun A container for collecting ashes, especially from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere.
2. noun A dustbin, trash can, or the like.
3. noun A kind of large firecracker.

bin — full definition

1. noun A container used to hold or throw away items.
2. verb To throw something away.
3. verb To sort data or items into discrete groups or categories.

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