Definition of "trash can" []

• A receptacle which serves as a place to discard waste materials. (noun)

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• "Aunt Lette swept the vine pile into the trash can and took the colander away, putting it back on the counter."
• "The rest, with their ripped wrappers or wrinkles or bends or smudges, were tossed into a trash can in later years, into a blue plastic bin labeled RECYCLING."
• "Then she pointed at the trash can and grunted “Uh-uh.”"