: a container that holds materials that have been thrown away
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Detectives reviewed surveillance footage from a Casey’s convenience store there and identified a woman who was seen walking near an exterior trash can.—Kansas City Star,
3 Sep. 2026 Another quartet scurried around the trash can next to the dishwasher.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
28 Aug. 2026 The resident informed him that the smell was the result of someone burning his trash can, according to his report.—
Casey Toner,
CBS News,
27 Aug. 2026 Their remains were discovered in a trash can in a vacant lot near the motel where Robinson had stayed around the time the women disappeared.—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for trash can