Definition & Meaning of "garbage can"in English

Garbage can

an object for collecting and temporarily storing trash or waste materials, often placed outside a house

Dialect

American

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Inanimate

Composition

Compound

Countable

singular

not gender specific

Plural form

garbage cans

Examples

The garbage can in the park was overflowing with discarded wrappers and bottles.

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