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trash can

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ashcan, trash can, garbage can, wastebin, ash bin, ash-bin, ashbin, dustbin, trash barrel, trash binnoun

    a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected

Wiktionary

  1. trash cannoun

    A receptacle which serves as a place to discard waste materials.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of trash can in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of trash can in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of trash can in a Sentence

  1. Piu Eatwell:

    I’m 99 percent confident on the basis of the evidence I see, there was definitely a cover-up. Even as I was going through the documents, pages were just missing and removed. And they’re almost always connected somehow to Leslie Dillon or Mark Hansen. There are very serious questions about Leslie Dillon that can’t be answered… Her shoes and purse were found dumped in the trash can shortly after the murder by a local cafe owner. And that’s actually two blocks from where Leslie Dillon lived… The park where she was found is one he knew very well and in fact, used as a shortcut to get to where he lived.

  2. Jon Matheny:

    My son was looking out thewindowone time and he saw the top of the bear standing on all fours over the trash can.

  3. Wendy Neampui:

    Our project … is not only to work on making beautiful things from trash, but also to educate people that trash can be a decoration in the home.

  4. Tom Donohue:

    This is not a vision for the future, but an archaic idea that should be dumped in your computer trash can.

  5. Bryan Schmitt:

    I rolled down my window to ask why Manoucher Jahangard'd throw something at my car. Manoucher Jahangard yelled at me to'( expletive) ! It's none of your business !' when I attempted to pull into the driveway Manoucher Jahangard pushed a trash can at me. I swerved to right to miss it ended up hitting a second trash can. When I came to stop Manoucher Jahangard was lying on( the) other side of( the) first trash can.


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