waste bin
waste bin — noun
1. a container, usually kept indoors, where you put things you want to throw away,
a container, usually kept indoors, where you put things you want to throw away, such as used paper or empty food containers
Tamar crumpled the receipt and dropped it into the kitchen waste bin.
collocation: drop (something) into the waste bin
The office cleaner emptied every waste bin before the morning meeting.
collocation: empty the waste bin
Hamza bought a small waste bin with a lid for his bathroom.
When the waste bin started to smell, Lakshmi took it outside to clean it.
The waste bin under the desk was overflowing with crumpled notes and old magazines.
- trash can
American English equivalent
- garbage can
American English equivalent, especially for kitchen use
- dustbin
British English, slightly old-fashioned
- wastepaper basket
smaller, usually open and for paper only
用法筆記
More common in British English; American English uses 'trash can' or 'garbage can' for the same object. Not used for large outdoor containers, which are called 'dumpsters' (AmE) or 'skips' (BrE).