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Mülltonne — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • barrel noun A large, round wooden or metal container, usually bulging in the middle, used to store liquids or other goods.
  • bin noun A container used to hold or throw away items.

Senses

Mülltonne is used for these senses in English:

  • barrel (US, specifically, _, New England) A waste receptacle.
  • bin A container for rubbish or waste.
  • 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.

barrel — full definition

  1. noun A large, round wooden or metal container, usually bulging in the middle, used to store liquids or other goods.
  2. noun A unit of volume, especially for measuring oil.
  3. noun The long metal tube of a gun through which a bullet travels.
  4. verb To move very fast, often in an uncontrolled way.

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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