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Definition: Dustbin |
DustbinNoun1. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dustbin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1913. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Personal Care & Hotels | Receptacle intended for collection of waste; is made of sheet steel, rigid plastics, etc. ; cf. waste container, refuse sack. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: DustbinSynonyms: ashbin (n), ashcan (n), garbage can (n), trash barrel (n), trash bin (n), trash can (n), wastebin (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Dustbin |
| Specialty definitions using "dustbin": Montfaucon Watch. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Dustbin Parade (1942) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Dustbin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.72% of the time. "Dustbin" is used about 307 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.72% | 300 | 16,755 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.28% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 307 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "dustbin": dustbin man ♦ pedal dustbin ♦ throw smth. into dustbin. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "dustbin": dustbin-crowded, dustbin-day, dustbin-fuls, dustbin-lid, dustbin-like, dustbin-lined, dustbin-liner, dustbin-liners, dustbin-marauding, dustbin-sized, dustbin-type. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
neds atomic dustbin | 70 |
dustbin | 18 |
digital dustbin | 4 |
dustbin record | 3 |
atomic dustbin lyrics neds | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dustbin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | صندوق القمامة, صندوق الزبالة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 垃圾箱. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | popelnice (ash bin, bin, can, urn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skarnkasse, affaldsspand. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vuilnisvat (garbage can), vuilnisbak (garbage can). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | jäteastia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | poubelle (dump). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | mülltonne (ashcan, garbage canUS, trashcan), Abfalleimer (dust bin, dustbins, garbage can, garbage canUS, litter bin, trash can, trash canUS, wastebasket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σκουπιδοτενεκές. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פח אשפ" (garbage can, trash). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szemétláda (creep, refuse bin, scuzzbag, trash can, yuck, yuk), kuka (close-mouthed, dumb as a fish, dumpster, tongue tied, tongue-tied). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pattumiera (garbage can, rubbish bin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 掃き溜め'漁る (to pick a garbage dump, to rummage a dustbin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | はき め'あさる (to pick a garbage dump, to rummage a dustbin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | coyr trustyr (rubbish bin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ustbinday caixote para lixo, caixote de lixo. (various references) ladã de gunoi (bin, dust-bin). (various references) мусорный ящик (ash can, dust bin, garbage can, trash can, trash-can). (various references) cubo de la basura (ashbin, ashcan, garbage can, rubbish bin, slop pail). (various references) avfallskärl. (various references) çöp varili, çöp kovası (bin). (various references) thùng rác (rubbish-bin, tip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dustbin": dustbins. (additional references) | |
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"Dustbin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dustbi, dutfin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dustbin" (pronounced du"stbi'n) |
| 3 | -b i' n | Dobbin, Robbin, Sabin. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: bundist. | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-i-n-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: bundts, nudist. | |
-2 letters: binds, bints, bunds, bundt, bunts, dints, duits, dunts, nidus, suint, unbid, units. | |
-3 letters: bids, bind, bins, bint, bits, buds, bund, buns, bunt, bust, buts, dibs, dins, dint, dits, dubs, duit, duns, dunt, dust, nibs, nits, nubs, nuts, snib, snit, snub, stub, stud, stun, suit, tins, tubs, tuis, tuns, unit. | |
-4 letters: bid. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-i-n-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: bundists, dustbins. | |
+3 letters: abductions, bestudding, butadienes, disturbing, subducting, subduction, subediting, submediant, subtending, turbidness. | |
+4 letters: antisubsidy, counterbids, disturbance, dubitations, misbuttoned, misdoubting, strikebound, subaudition, subdominant, subductions, subindustry, submediants, subordinate, undisturbed. | |
+5 letters: adumbrations, disbursement, discountable, distributing, distribution, disturbances, disturbingly, doublethinks, drumbeatings, hebetudinous, indisputable, indisputably, outbreedings, outbuildings, subauditions, subdominants, subinfeudate, subordinated, subordinates, subordinator, thunderbirds, turbidnesses, undigestible, undisputable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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