Dustbin vs Garbage - What's the difference?
dustbin | garbage |
(British) A bin for holding rubbish until it can be collected; a garbage can.
* , chapter=19
, title= The bowels of an animal; refuse parts of flesh; offal.
Food waste material of any kind.
Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.
A place or receptacle for waste material.
Nonsense; gibberish.
(often, attributively) Something or someone worthless.
* 2009 , David R. Portney, 129 More Seminar Speaking Success Tips , ISBN 9780967851488,
(obsolete) To eviscerate.
* 1674 , , ''The Passenger Pigeon , 1907, The Outing Publishing Company):
As nouns the difference between dustbin and garbage
is that dustbin is a bin for holding rubbish until it can be collected; a garbage can while garbage is {{cx|obsolete|lang=en}} The bowels of an animal; refuse parts of flesh; offal.As a verb garbage is
to eviscerate.dustbin
English
Alternative forms
* dust bin * dust-binNoun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}
Synonyms
* (container for trash) ashcan, dumpster, garbage can, garbage pail, rubbish bin, trash can, wastebin, wastepaper basketgarbage
English
Alternative forms
* garbidgeNoun
(-)- Garbage is collected on Tuesdays; rubbish on Fridays
- The garbage truck collects all residential municipal waste.
- He threw the newspaper into the garbage .
p. 8:
- Forget about that garbage advice to “act natural”.
Synonyms
* junk, refuse, rubbish, trash, waste * See alsoAntonyms
* artifact, asset, catch, find, prize, recyclable, resource, treasure, valuableDerived terms
* garbage bag * garbage bin * garbage can * garbage collect * garbage collector * garbage collection * garbage disposal * garbage dump * * garbage man * garbage mitt * garbage scow * garbage time * garbage truck * garbo * garbologistVerb
(garbag)- I have bought at Boston a dozen Pidgeons ready pulled and garbidged for three pence.