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Bra-burning never happened. It was completely made up by the media. A couple of women protesting a Miss America pageant threw some bras into a garbage can, and somehow that became this longstanding idea of feminists as bra-burners.
Jessica Valenti

Meaning of "garbage can" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GARBAGE CAN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GARBAGE CAN

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Garbage can is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GARBAGE CAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

garbage can

Waste container

A waste container is a container for temporarily storing waste, and is usually made out of metal or plastic. Common terms are dustbin, rubbish bin, litter bin, garbage can, trash can, trash bin, dumpster, waste basket, waste paper basket, waste receptacle, container bin, bin and kitchen bin. The words "rubbish", "basket" and "bin" are more common in British English usage; "trash" and "can" are more common in American English usage.

Definition of garbage can in the English dictionary

The definition of garbage can in the dictionary is (US & Canadian) a large, usually cylindrical container for refuse, esp one used by a household Also called: ash bin, ash can, trash can, (in Britain (and certain other countries)) dustbin.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GARBAGE CAN

garb
garbage
garbage chute
garbage collection
garbage collector
garbage disposal
garbage disposal unit
garbage man
garbage shute
garbage truck
garbagey
garbagy
garbanzo
garbe
garble
garbled
garbler
garbless
garbo
garboard

WORDS THAT END LIKE GARBAGE CAN

aerosol can
as best one can
ash can
beer can
carry the can
glass can
in the can
jerry can
milk can
petrol can
spray can
Sterno can
tin can
trash can
watering can

Synonyms and antonyms of garbage can in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «garbage can» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GARBAGE CAN

Find out the translation of garbage can to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of garbage can from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «garbage can» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

垃圾桶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cubo de basura
570 millions of speakers

English

garbage can
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कचरा कर सकते हैं
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صناديق القمامة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мусорное ведро
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lata de lixo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আবর্জনা পারেন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

poubelle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

tin sampah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mülleimer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ごみばこ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쓰레기통
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sampah bisa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thùng rác
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குப்பை கூடை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कचरा पेटी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çöp tenekesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bidone della spazzatura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Kosz na śmieci
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відро для сміття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

coș de gunoi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκουπίδια μπορεί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vullisblik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

soptunna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

søpla kan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of garbage can

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GARBAGE CAN»

The term «garbage can» is regularly used and occupies the 64.927 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GARBAGE CAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about garbage can

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7 QUOTES WITH «GARBAGE CAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word garbage can.
1
Kacy Catanzaro
I am very amazed by the runners out there because I like jog to the garbage can outside sometimes, and I get tired.
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Kevin Mitnick
Garbage can provide important details for hackers: names, telephone numbers, a company's internal jargon.
3
Shigeru Miyamoto
Up until now, the biggest question in society about video games has been what to do about violent games. But it's almost like society in general considers video games to be something of a nuisance, that they want to toss into the garbage can.
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Bruce Springsteen
In the third grade, a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that's where I belonged. I also had the distinction of being the only altar boy knocked down by a priest during mass.
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Hamdi Ulukaya
What happened was I saw this ad for a yogurt plant for sale. It was in my junk mail pile, and I threw it into the garbage can. And then about half an hour later, with the dirt on it, I picked it up from the garbage can, and I called out of curiosity.
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Jessica Valenti
Bra-burning never happened. It was completely made up by the media. A couple of women protesting a Miss America pageant threw some bras into a garbage can, and somehow that became this longstanding idea of feminists as bra-burners.
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Lil Wayne
I always believe that to be the best, you have to smell like the best, dress like the best, act like the best. When you throw your trash in the garbage can, it has to be better than anybody else who ever threw trash in the garbage can.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GARBAGE CAN»

Discover the use of garbage can in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to garbage can and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice: Looking ...
To celebrate this enduring paradigm, its impact on our understanding of organizational decision making, and the broad streams of research it has influenced, this collection of papers provides a rich demonstration of the influence that the ...
Alessandro Lomi, J. Richard Harrison, 2012
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A Garbage Can Day
Did you ever have a really bad day?Did you think you would feel unhappy forever?A Garbage Can Day is a story about a boy who has a very bad day and thinks that he'll be sad forever.Playing the Garbage Can Day Game is the way he learns that ...
Ann Kulig, Monica Fitch Skulski, 2011
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Dressed Up Garbage Can
Take a journey with the Shy-Tiger as she walks down that road that so many of us do on a daily basis, or shall we say, a lifetime. What is that we see when we look at our reflection in the mirror of life?
The Shy-Tiger, 2012
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The Case of the Gasping Garbage: And Other Super-scientific ...
Fourth-graders Drake Doyle and Nell Fossey combine their detective and scientific investigation skills to solve a variety of cases involving a noisy garbage can, endangered frogs, a stuck truck, and a mysterious love letter.
‎2002
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Garbage Can
Looks at the different animals that can subsist on what is found in a garbage can, including flies, worms, rats, cats, and raccoons.
Louise Spilsbury, 2013
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The Science of Public Policy: Essential Readings in Policy ...
These ideas are translated into an explicit computer simulation model of a garbage can decision process. The general implications of such a model are described in terms of five major measures on the process. Possible applications of the ...
Tadao Miyakawa, 2000
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EU Administrative Governance
In garbage can situations the process is less organised and thus open to creative decision-making, policy innovations and sudden turns that were not intended beforehand. Garbage can-like situations hence open the leeway for policy ...
Alexander Türk, 2006
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Modern Organizations: Theory and Practice
While the garbage can and institutional models and chaos theory seem to have functional and practical implications for contemporary organizations and administration, the elite theory has psychological, normative, and political foundations ...
Ali Farazmand, 2002
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The Knowledge-creating Company: How Japanese Companies ...
The Simonian paradigm was challenged by the "garbage can model" of organization proposed by Cohen, March, and Olsen (1972) and March and Olsen (1976), who emphasized the irrational and ambiguous nature of human problem solving ...
Ikujirō Nonaka, Hirotaka Takeuchi, 1995
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The School Superintendent: The Profession and the Person
GARBAGE CAN MODEL Because of some of the problems with the rational decision-making model, Cohen et al. (1972) have suggested that the "Garbage Can Model" of decision making be used. In this model, school 78 CHAPTERS ...
William L. Sharp, James K. Walter, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GARBAGE CAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term garbage can is used in the context of the following news items.
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Peeing menace cuffed by cops, only to be back on the streets | New …
Shortly before 4 p.m., he reached into a garbage can, grabbed an empty Snapple bottle, broke it and brandished it. “Wanna come to me? «New York Post, Jul 15»
2
Autopsy report on state prison inmate's death reveals gruesome …
... body nearly sawed in half, eviscerated and stuffed into a garbage can in a shower stall at the medium security California State Prison, Solano ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
3
Mysterious prison killing leaves California inmate sawed in half with …
The 24-year-old had actually been killed and his body packed into a garbage can in a shower stall not far from his cell, according to the ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
4
New Reddit CEO said he will 'reconsider' censorship policies …
... have to be easy, but it shouldn't be impossible," and he suggested creating a "garbage can" where deleted items would remain viewable. «KMBC Kansas City, Jul 15»
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Dickinson municipal landfill disposals nearly double since start of oil …
... of municipal solid waste — the mix of household and commercial refuse typically found in your garbage can — in its 13 designated municipal ... «Dickinson Press, Jul 15»
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One Day Alcohol Ban on American River | FOX40
“They can take it back to their car, they can destroy it here if they want, or we can put it in the garbage can for them. It's their choice,” Chief ... «FOX40, Jul 15»
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Pope gushes about Paraguayan women during Mass in Caacupe …
The two spent all night on the square, eating leftovers from a garbage can. Rojas said she didn't have a job and was a single mother. "I always ... «News Sentinel, Jul 15»
8
Man charged in scheme to get reward for missing dog - The Dispatch
Tedford says deputies wrapped up $150 and placed it in a garbage can outside a restaurant as the owner had been directed. Tedford says ... «The Commercial Dispatch, Jul 15»
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'My parents,' the comedian said, 'NEVER took me camping …
BEAR, rummaging through the garbage can! "I jumped off the table and ran to the tent. In a loud whisper, because I didn't want that bear to hear ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Jul 15»
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El Niño Predicted to Slam California—Is Your Home Ready for a …
Or you can monitor the area when it rains heavily. If the water is pouring down from a particular spot, use a large basin or garbage can to catch ... «Realtor.com News, Jul 15»

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