dustbin

noun

dust·​bin ˈdəs(t)-ˌbin 

1

British : a can for trash or garbage

2

: dustheap sense 2

Examples of dustbin in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The 1-liter dustbin is detachable and easy to clean thanks to a quick-release button that opens the canister to dump its contents into the garbage without any handiwork from you. —Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2024

This veneration of willpower is due for the dustbin, Puhl says. —Fiorella Valdesolo, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2024

As much as an examination of the victims' lives as the culture that hampered the case, Last Call exposes how hate all but relegated the killings to the dustbin of the East Coast homicide desk. —Eric Farwell, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2023

The ads loom over commuters and tourists, plastered with the colorful brand of what many here in the tech industry’s capital city thought was a company consigned to the dustbin of history. —Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024

The House of Representatives’ lopsided vote Wednesday in favor of a bill banning TikTok in the U.S. unless it is freed from Chinese control suggests the wildly popular short-video app could soon join Netscape and Myspace in the dustbin of history. —Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024

For progressive-minded voters, visual patriotism has been consigned to the dustbin of if not history then at least the one holding all our old skinny jeans and side parts. —Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2024

Shareholder primacy must end up in history’s dustbin. —Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024

Hundreds of tiny bristles latch onto hair, pulling it off your surfaces and stuffing it into a dustbin built into the bottom of the roller with just a few gentle swipes. —Rebecca Martinson, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1