Meanings
noungarbage can (plural garbage cans)
plural garbage cans
- CanadaUSA receptacle, usually roughly cylindrical and wider at the top than at the bottom, which serves as a place to discard waste materials.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna bin that holds rubbish until it is collected
Broader
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans vullisdrom
- vullisdromwaste receptacle
Arabic حَاوِيَةُ نُفَايَات
- حَاوِيَةُ نُفَايَات (ḥāwiyatu nufāyāt)waste receptacle
Bengali বর্জ্যধারক
- বর্জ্যধারক (borjjodharok)waste receptacle
Bulgarian ко́фа за боклу́к
- ко́фа за боклу́к (kófa za boklúk)waste receptacle
Catalan cubell per brossa
- cubell per brossawaste receptacle
Chinese Cantonese 垃圾桶
- 垃圾桶 (laap⁶ saap³ tung²)waste receptacle
Chinese Mandarin 垃圾桶, 垃圾箱
- 垃圾桶 (lājītǒng, lèsètǒng)waste receptacle
- 垃圾箱 (lājīxiāng, lèsèxiāng)waste receptacle
- 垃圾筒 (lājītǒng, lèsètǒng)waste receptacle
Czech popelnice
- popelnicewaste receptacle
Danish skraldespand
- skraldespandwaste receptacle
Dutch vuilnisbak
- vuilnisbakwaste receptacle
Esperanto rubujo
- rubujowaste receptacle
Estonian prügikast
- prügikastwaste receptacle
Finnish jäteastia, roskakori
- jäteastiawaste receptacle
- roskakoriwaste receptacle
- roskapönttöwaste receptacle
- roskiswaste receptacle
- roskatynnyriwaste receptacle
- roskalaatikkowaste receptacle
- roskasäiliöwaste receptacle
French poubelle
- poubellewaste receptacle
German Mülltonne, Mülleimer
- Mülltonnewaste receptacle
- Mülleimerwaste receptacle
- Abfalleimerwaste receptacle
- Papierkorbwaste receptacle
- Abfallbehälterwaste receptacle
Greek σκουπιδοτενεκές
- σκουπιδοτενεκές (skoupidotenekés)waste receptacle
Hawaiian kini ʻōpala
- kini ʻōpalawaste receptacle
Hebrew פַּח אַשְׁפָּה
- פַּח אַשְׁפָּה (pakh ashpá)waste receptacle
Hindi कचरा पात्र, कूड़ेदान
- कचरा पात्र (kacrā pātra)waste receptacle
- कूड़ेदान (kūṛedān)waste receptacle
Hungarian szemétvödör, szemetes
- szemétvödörwaste receptacle
- szemeteswaste receptacle
- kukawaste receptacle
- szeméttartówaste receptacle
Icelandic ruslatunna, sorptunna
- ruslatunnawaste receptacle
- sorptunnawaste receptacle
- öskutunnawaste receptacle
Indonesian tong sampah, tempat sampah
- tong sampahwaste receptacle
- tempat sampahwaste receptacle
Irish bosca bruscair
- bosca bruscairwaste receptacle
Italian bidone per immondizie, cestino dei rifiuti
- bidone per immondiziewaste receptacle
- cestino dei rifiutiwaste receptacle
Japanese ごみ箱, ごみ入
- ごみ箱 (gomibako)waste receptacle
- ごみ入 (gomiire)waste receptacle
Korean 쓰레기통
- 쓰레기통 (sseuregitong)waste receptacle
Latin situla prō quisquiliās, siclus prō quisquiliās
- situla prō quisquiliāswaste receptacle
- siclus prō quisquiliāswaste receptacle
Latvian miskaste, atkritumu tvertne
- miskastewaste receptacle
- atkritumu tvertnewaste receptacle
Lithuanian šiukšlių dėžė, šiukšliadėžė
- šiukšlių dėžėwaste receptacle
- šiukšliadėžėwaste receptacle
Malay tong sampah
- tong sampahwaste receptacle
Māori ipu para
- ipu parawaste receptacle
Norwegian Bokmål søppelbøtte
- søppelbøttewaste receptacle
Polish kosz na śmieci, śmietnik
- kosz na śmieciwaste receptacle
- śmietnikwaste receptacle
Portuguese lixeira, cesto de lixo
- lixeirawaste receptacle
- cesto de lixowaste receptacle
- lata de lixowaste receptacle
- lixowaste receptacle
- caixote do lixowaste receptacle
Punjabi ਕੂੜੇਦਾਨ
- ਕੂੜੇਦਾਨ (kūṛedān)waste receptacle
Romanian coș de gunoi, pubelă
- coș de gunoiwaste receptacle
- pubelăwaste receptacle
- tomberonwaste receptacle
- ladă de gunoiwaste receptacle
Russian му́сорный бак, му́сорник
- му́сорный бак (músornyj bak)waste receptacle
- му́сорник (músornik)waste receptacle
- у́рна (úrna)waste receptacle
- му́сорка (músorka)waste receptacle
Scottish Gaelic biona-stùir
- biona-stùirwaste receptacle
Slovak smetník
- smetníkwaste receptacle
Spanish basurero, bote de basura
- basurerowaste receptacle
- bote de basurawaste receptacle
- canecawaste receptacle
- cesto de basurawaste receptacle
- cubo de basurawaste receptacle
- latónwaste receptacle
- pipotewaste receptacle
- tachowaste receptacle
- tinacowaste receptacle
- zafacónwaste receptacle
- safacónwaste receptacle
Swahili pipa la taka
- pipa la takawaste receptacle
Swedish soptunna, sophink
- soptunnawaste receptacle
- sophinkwaste receptacle
Tagalog basurahan
- basurahanwaste receptacle
Tamil குப்பைத்தொட்டி
- குப்பைத்தொட்டி (kuppaittoṭṭi)waste receptacle
Thai ถังขยะ
- ถังขยะ (tǎng-kà-yà)waste receptacle
Turkish çöp kutusu, çöp tenekesi
- çöp kutusuwaste receptacle
- çöp tenekesiwaste receptacle
- çöpwaste receptacle
Ukrainian смітни́к, сміттє́вий бак
- смітни́к (smitnýk)waste receptacle
- сміттє́вий бак (smittjévyj bak)waste receptacle
- у́рна (úrna)waste receptacle
Urdu کُوڑے دان
- کُوڑے دان (kūṛe dān)waste receptacle
Vietnamese thùng rác, sọt rác
- thùng rácwaste receptacle
- sọt rácwaste receptacle
Welsh bin sbwriel, tun sbwriel
- bin sbwrielwaste receptacle
- tun sbwrielwaste receptacle
- tun fflwcswaste receptacle
- bin lludwwaste receptacle
- tun lludwwaste receptacle
Yiddish מיסטקאַסטן
- מיסטקאַסטן (mistkastn)waste receptacle
Cite this entry
APA
garbage can. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garbage%20can
MLA
“garbage can.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garbage%20can. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “garbage can,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garbage%20can.
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