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dustbin

noun

Definition of dustbin

as in junkyard

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Recent Examples of dustbin Plus, its dock automatically empties the dustbin, washes and dries the mop pads, and can go up to 65 days between dustbin changes. — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 23 June 2026 The suction power easily keeps up with her toddler’s Cheerio spills, and the dustbin is still large enough to clean her entire split-level home in one pass. — Emma Ashe, The Spruce, 22 June 2026 With no petrol to run dustbin trucks, rubbish is being burnt in the streets. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 31 May 2026 And CDs are in the dustbin of history. — Marc Silver, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dustbin

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Noun

The playground, called The Yard, resembles a junkyard where kids are given free rein to saw plywood by hand, romp in mud pits, and nail together structures to climb and jump from.

— Marina Lopes, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026
The following day, detectives obtained a search warrant for Metayer’s phone records, which placed him at U Pull It Davie, a self-service junkyard the day after the crash.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of junkyard

Noun

The worst flooding across the Bay will be in areas of former marsh that are now on landfill.

— CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Sponsored by the city’s Natural Resources Committee and the Geneva Park District, the event aims to reduce the number of pumpkins that end up in landfills, according to the release.

— Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of landfill

Noun

The Granada cemetery and midden, a discard mound, extended to some 25 acres originally.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
But this is the first time archaeologists have actually unearthed a midden with evidence that people added to it regularly for so many generations.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026

Definition of midden

Noun

If power fails or core temperatures rise, the system shuts down and the liquid fuel salt drains by gravity into passive dump tanks without operator action.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Now, for the 2027 model year, Mahindra has given the Roxor an optional dump bed.

— Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 3 Nov. 2026

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