A cask or tub used as a receptacle for refuse or filth. Obsolete.

A receptacle into which something is voided or emptied. figurative. A receptacle for refuse or rubbish. Obsolete.

a box into which waste paper is thrown; also figurative.

A bin or receptacle for the dust, ashes, and other refuse of a house.

A pannier or basket for rubbish. dialect.

= waste paper, n. basket.

a receptacle for scrap-iron.

a basket into which waste paper is thrown; also figurative.

A container for garbage; a rubbish bin.

Chiefly North American. A large container or bin, typically cylindrical in shape, made of metal or plastic, and serving as a receptacle for ashes…

A receptacle or place used for waste in other contexts. Now rare (regional).

a waste-paper basket.

(a) a perforated receptacle for kitchen waste, typically placed over a sink to allow drainage; (b) a container for sponges, brushes, and other…

an ash-pan (dialect).

a bin used for the disposal of kitchen waste.

Scottish colloquial. A receptacle for refuse, a dustbin; (also) an enclosure in a backyard or basement for holding dustbins or domestic refuse.

A waste-paper basket.

waste-paper basket.

a dustbin.

The proprietary name of a receptacle for refuse.

Any of various small receptacles for waste; esp. (in early use) a slop-basin or (now the usual sense) a small pedal bin.

‘Galvanized iron’, used chiefly in G.I. can: (a) slang a German artillery shell; (b) a galvanized-iron can; a rubbish-bin.

(a) see quot. 1688; (also) old shoes; also, a disreputable or worthless person (dialect); (b) chiefly U.S., a rubbish bag.

Originally Military. A dustbin; a waste-paper basket. Also figurative (cf. shitcan, v. 1).

a rubbish bin with a hinged lid opened by means of a pedal.

= midden, n. 1b.

Any receptacle for holding rubbish or waste, esp. waste paper; a waste-bin.

(a) any of various hinged storage receptacles or containers that swing out from a wall, cabinet, etc. (now rare); (b) a waste bin, typically for…

a bin into which things may be discarded or tidied away, a waste-bin.

Any (usually large) open receptacle used for the deposit of waste or the storage of goods.

a large refuse bin on wheels.

a large, strong (usually plastic) bag designed to be used as a container for esp. household rubbish.