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Meaning of "rubbish bag" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RUBBISH BAG

rubbish bag  [ˈrʌbɪʃ bæɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RUBBISH BAG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rubbish bag 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 RUBBISH BAG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rubbish bag in the English dictionary

The definition of rubbish bag in the dictionary is a plastic bag for the disposal of household rubbish.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RUBBISH BAG


airbag
ˈɛəbæɡ
bag
bæɡ
beanbag
ˈbiːnˌbæɡ
boil-in-the-bag
ˌbɔɪlɪnðəˈbæɡ
dirtbag
ˈdɜːtˌbæɡ
footbag
ˈfʊtˌbæɡ
handbag
ˈhændˌbæɡ
mailbag
ˈmeɪlˌbæɡ
scumbag
ˈskʌmˌbæɡ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RUBBISH BAG

rubbernecking
rubbers
rubberwear
rubbery
rubbidies
rubbidy
rubbies
rubbing
rubbing alcohol
rubbish
rubbish bin
rubbish chute
rubbish collection
rubbish dump
rubbish tin
rubbish tip
rubbishy
rubbities
rubbity
rubble

WORDS THAT END LIKE RUBBISH BAG

air bag
beach bag
bean bag
body bag
carry-on bag
clutch bag
duffle bag
dust bag
flight bag
in the bag
let the cat out of the bag
mesh bag
mixed bag
overnight bag
paper bag
plastic bag
shopping bag
shoulder bag
sleeping bag
tote bag

Synonyms and antonyms of rubbish bag in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rubbish bag» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RUBBISH BAG

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

Translator English - Chinese

垃圾袋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bolsa de basura
570 millions of speakers

English

rubbish bag
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बकवास बैग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كيس القمامة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мешок для мусора
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

saco de lixo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আবর্জনা ব্যাগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sac poubelle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Beg sampah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Abfallsack
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ごみ袋
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쓰레기 봉지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sampah tas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

túi rác
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குப்பை பை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कचरा पिशवी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çöp torbası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sacchetto di spazzatura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

torba na śmieci
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мішок для сміття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sac de gunoi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σακούλα σκουπιδιών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vullis sak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

soppåse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sekk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rubbish bag

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RUBBISH BAG»

The term «rubbish bag» is normally little used and occupies the 120.394 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of rubbish bag
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RUBBISH BAG» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «rubbish bag» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «rubbish bag» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rubbish bag

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUBBISH BAG»

Discover the use of rubbish bag in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rubbish bag and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Friendly Rubbish Monsters
“There's something trapped inside the rubbish bag.” “Samuel Baker!” Mum shouted. “I'm too busy to be listening to your nonsense. Go outside; we're almost ready to leave.” Sam peered round the door and stared at the bag. The monsters were ...
Anna Peters, 2011
2
A Game of Cat and Mouse: Jane Hetherington's Adventures in ...
She cut open the rubbish bag using a penknife. She searched through the rubbish until she found an envelope addressed to one of Lucy's neighbours. She tied the bag up and put it to one side. She removed another bag – from another ...
Nina Jon, 2012
3
Omnibus Edition 1-3: Jane Hetherington’s Adventures in Detection
She cut open the rubbish bag using a penknife. She searched through the rubbish until she found an envelope addressed to one of Lucy's neighbours. She tied the bag up and put it to one side. She removed another bag — from another  ...
Nina Jon, 2013
4
The Hospitality Industry Handbook on Hygiene and Safety: For ...
Collect all the bins together and empty the waste into the rubbish bag on your trolley. ♢ Do not touch any of the rubbish inside the bin. ♢ Rinse out the bin with clean water and add some detergent to wash out the bin. ♢ Rinse again and spray ...
Lisa Gordon-Davis, 1998
5
Aesthetics & Alienation
In an online BBC article of 27 August 2004 entitled 'Cleaner bins rubbish bag artwork' it was reported that a cleaner at the Tate Britain mistook a 'rubbish bag' artwork, said to demonstrate the 'finite existence' of art, part of an installation by ...
Gary Tedman, 2012
6
Museums and Popular Culture
Take, for example, an everyday mass-produced artefact, a black plastic rubbish bag. This could be immediately disposed of, with its contents, falling into the rubbish at the bottom of the plot. Alternatively, in 1977 it could have been ' customized' ...
Kevin Moore, 2000
7
Satan's Rats
Whatever it was in the rubbish bag, I did not want to find out, but find out I had too. I reached out and grabbed the knot in the top of the bag, and lifted, I was not expecting what Happened next. All the rubbish fell out the bottom of the bag, but  ...
John P. Smith, 2009
8
Company Mole
Are you sure Mum didn't ask you to put the rubbish bag out?” “That's a man's job, Adam.” “I thought you didn't like sexual discrimination, sis?” She smiled sweetly at her brother and walked past him into the lounge, giving a little wave as she ...
Alaric Adair, 2009
9
Teen World: Multi-Level Photocopiable Activities for Teenagers
Ensure you have more than one of several items. As you pull out each item ask students What's this? to elicit the structure It's a ... and What are these? to elicit the structure They're ... . 2 Use the items in your rubbish bag, or ones that you have ...
Joanna Budden, 2009
10
Thieves: A comedy of crime and conscience
She nodded at the rubbish bag that Wolfe was clutching so tightly. “That's the poor deceased, I gather?” “It was a short life,” Wolfe said with something akin to disgust. “And preferably a gay one?” “Hardly.” “Shame, that. Still, mustn't be greedy.
Piers Hobson, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RUBBISH BAG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rubbish bag is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Baby's body found in rubbish bag
Bloemfontein - The body of a baby girl was discovered wrapped in a plastic bag and dumped at a rubbish corner in Bloemfontein CBD on Tuesday evening. «News24, Jul 15»
2
Newborn boy found dead in rubbish bag in Johannesburg
Johannesburg - The body of a newborn boy was found in a rubbish bag on Joe Slovo Drive in Berea on Thursday morning, paramedics said. "Netcare 911 ... «News24, Jun 15»
3
Week-old kittens dumped in rubbish bag in Bathgate Hills
A member of the public found the four tiny kittens at the Bathgate Hills on Friday. They were in a bin bag full of wet and dirty towels. Although they were not hurt, ... «stv.tv, Apr 15»
4
Baby's body found in rubbish bag in Breda
FLAT WAAR BABYLIJKJE WERD AANGETROFFEN - The flats where the baby was found: Photo: The body of a newborn baby has been found in a rubbish bag ... «DutchNews.nl, Dec 14»
5
Kittens dumped in rubbish bag
The kittens were found in an Atwell park by a woman who saw what looked like a rubbish bag dumped near to the edge of a lake. After seeing the bag move, she ... «The West Australian, Dec 14»
6
Weymouth rubbish pile-up after bag switch is 'disgusting'
The number of rubbish bags piling up on Weymouth town centre's streets ... Dorset Waste Partnership (DWP) said it would only collect refuse left in new ... «BBC News, Dec 14»
7
Guernsey bin and recycling bags charge considered
Currently any kind of bin sack can be left out and recycling bags are provided ... it would be 50p for a recycling bag and between £1.50 and £2 for a rubbish bag. «BBC News, Oct 14»
8
Rubbish collection to go hi-tech
"One of the key goals ... is to create a consistent Auckland Council rubbish collection ... Shore and Waitakere pay $2.25 for each 60-litre rubbish bag they put out. «New Zealand Herald, Sep 14»
9
Rubbish bag warning after £100 fines issued in Carmarthenshire
Residents in Carmarthenshire are being urged to put their rubbish out at the right ... day regarding rubbish bags being presented early for collection or being put ... «BBC News, Aug 14»
10
Tenby seagulls thwarted by bird-proof rubbish bags
Seagulls rifling through a seaside town's litter are being thwarted by a new range of bird-proof rubbish bags. A two-month trial of the durable, reusable sacks is ... «BBC News, Jul 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Rubbish bag [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/rubbish-bag>. Apr 2024 ».
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