trash can

noun

US
: a container that holds materials that have been thrown away

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Monte Anderson opened a broom closet in his kitchen and pointed to a door handle near a mop and a trash can. Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 4 May 2025 The kitchen’s hand-washing sink was blocked from use by a trash can. Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2025 Rather than tossing them in the trash can, why not put them to good use in the garden? Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2025 He can then be seen throwing a black object in a residential yard and putting a plastic spray bottle on top of a trash can, police wrote. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for trash can

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“Trash can.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trash%20can. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.

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