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Definition: Garbage Can |
Garbage CanNoun1. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Garbage CanSynonyms: ashbin (n), ashcan (n), dustbin (n), trash barrel (n), trash bin (n), trash can (n), wastebin (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Garbage Can |
| English words defined with "garbage can": Carter ♦ garbage carter, garbage hauler. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "garbage can": aliasing bug ♦ biomass energy ♦ constant applicative form ♦ energy from biomass ♦ Glasgow Haskell Compiler ♦ linear type ♦ malloc, Modula-2 , Modula-2*, Modula-3, Modula-3*, MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE ♦ space leak, stale pointer bug ♦ TUPLE. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | No, you put that in G.C.: Garbage Can. (Sanford and Son; writing credit: Earl Barret; Ted Bergman) | |
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Books | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | If a child in diapers has shigellosis, everyone who changes the child's diapers should be sure the diapers are disposed of properly in a closed-lid garbage can, and should wash his or her hands carefully with soap and warm water immediately after changing the diapers. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; 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 |
garbage can | 282 |
kitchen garbage can | 35 |
stainless steel garbage can | 20 |
garbage can cart | 10 |
wooden garbage can | 9 |
garbage can rubbermaid | 9 |
metal garbage can | 8 |
garbage can lid | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "garbage can"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | برميل نفايات, برميل القمامة. (various references) | |
Danish | skraldespand. (various references) | |
Dutch | vuilnisvat (dustbin), vuilnisemmer, vuilnisbak (dustbin), vuilcontainer (waste disposal tanker). (various references) | |
Esperanto | rubujo. (various references) | |
French | poubelle. (various references) | |
Frisian | jiskefet. (various references) | |
German | mülleimer (can, garbage canUS, midden, refuse bin, rubbish bin, trashcan), abfalleimer (dust bin, dustbin, dustbins, garbage canUS, litter bin, trash can, trash canUS, wastebasket). (various references) | |
Hebrew | פח אשפ" (dustbin, trash). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szeméttartó (rubbish bin, trash can, waste bin). (various references) | |
Italian | pattumiera (dustbin, rubbish bin), cestino dei rifiuti (garbage). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | "み箱 (garbage can or box, idleness, purring, rubbish bin, scatter, starchy, stiff, thunder), 塵箱 (garbage can or box, rubbish bin). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | "みば" (dust bin, garbage can or box, rubbish bin, trash box). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arbagegay ancay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ferro‐velho, entranhas (bowels, entrails, gut, innate, tripe, womb). (various references) | |
Russian | мусорный ящик (ash can, dust bin, dustbin, trash can, trash-can). (various references) | |
Spanish | cubo de la basura (ashbin, ashcan, dustbin, rubbish bin, slop pail). (various references) | |
Swedish | soptunna (ash bin, bin, dustbin, dust-bin). (various references) | |
Turkish | çöp tenekesi (litter bin, rubbish bin). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-c-e-g-g-n-r" | |
-3 letters: carnage, garbage. | |
-4 letters: arcana, arcane, bagger, banger, beggar, cabana, ganger, garage, graben, grange, nagger, ragbag. | |
-5 letters: abaca, acerb, agger, anear, anger, areca, arena, barge, began, brace, caber, cager, caner, crane, eggar, gager, grace, grana, nacre, rance, range, regna. | |
| 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. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 61 72 62 61 67 65 43 61 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100001 01110010 01100010 01100001 01100111 01100101 00100000 01000011 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G a r b a g e   C a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0061 0072 0062 0061 0067 0065 0043 0061 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)416784686773712376780 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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