Dustbin

Alternative forms

• dust bin
• dust-bin

Origin

dust + bin

Full definition of dustbin

Noun

1. (British) A bin for holding rubbish until it can be collected; a garbage can.
• 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 19, Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.

Synonyms

• (container for trash) ashcan, dumpster, garbage can, garbage pail, rubbish bin, trash can, wastebin, wastepaper basket