dustbin

noun

dust·​bin ˈdəs(t)-ˌbin How to pronounce dustbin (audio)
Synonyms of dustbinnext
1
British : a can for trash or garbage
2

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The auto clean process includes cleaning not only the dustbin, but also the brush, tube, and the HEPA filter. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2025 And does a particular level of disuse have to be reached for a word to be dropped into the lexical dustbin? Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025 This basic little robot vacuum has an enormous 1-liter dustbin and AI-enabled navigation smarts for not that much money! Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 2 Dec. 2025 Its Omni station auto-empties the dustbin, hot-washes and dries the mops, and refills the water tank, plus Yiko voice control and app scheduling make controlling the robot even more effortless. PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dustbin

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of dustbin was in 1848

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“Dustbin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dustbin. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.

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