wastecan

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noun

A container for holding waste; a trash can.

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Meanings

nounwastecan (plural wastecans)

plural wastecans

  1. uncommonA container for holding waste; a trash can.

    The only other people in sight were Tommy Weeks - a lanky maintenance man who was emptying wastecans and sweeping up - and George Fintel.

    1991, Dean R[ay] Koontz, Cold Fire, London […]: BCA, page 67

    Synonyms: bin, garbage can, garbage pail, trash bin, trash can, trashbin, trashcan, waste bin

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA container for holding waste; a trash can.

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bingarbage cangarbage pailtrash bintrash cantrashbintrashcanwaste binwastebin

Origin

Compound of waste + can.

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Cite this entry
APA

wastecan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wastecan

MLA

“wastecan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wastecan. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wastecan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wastecan.

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