dustbin

compound noun13 collocationsAvg. frequency: 6.0

A plastic bag put inside a dustbin to hold the rubbish.

The cover for the top of a dustbin.

A thin plastic bag that lines the inside of a dustbin.

A person whose job is to collect rubbish from dustbins.

figurative: used to describe a place that is considered a dumping ground for undesirable things.

The most common way to say you are putting something in the dustbin.

To remove the rubbish from a dustbin.

To place the dustbin outside for the rubbish to be collected.

An informal way to say you are throwing something away.

To get rid of something unwanted by throwing it away.

Used to say that something is old or broken and should be thrown away.

figurative: to be put in a place where things are forgotten, often used with 'of history'.

figurative: to be certain to be thrown away or forgotten.