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Grammar and Linguistics > what word?
what word?
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mirela.sorina
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what word?
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how do you call the recipient in which you place the garbage( litter, paper, cigar butts)? Is it still a wastepaper basket??
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6 Feb 2012
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ELOJOLIE274
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a wastepaper basket is for papers (near your desk for example)...
if you put other things in it then it �s better to say "bin":)
have a nice week!
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6 Feb 2012
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Jayho
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The receptacle in which you place garbage (litter, paper, cigar butts) has many names and these may differ between different countries. The others have already named most of these.
- bin (UK, and proably the most common))
- rubbish bin (UK)
- dust bin (UK, and a bit old fashioned, at least in Australia)
- trash can (US)
- garbage can (US)
- waste paper basket/bin (quite formal, and as Elodie said, really for your office desk paper litter)
- waste bin - I don �t know about this one. I don �t hear people use it.
Nowadays, with the emphasis on recycling, we hear �recycling bin� a lot. If it is recycylable we usually say to put it in the recycling bin.
Cheers
Jayho
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7 Feb 2012
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douglas
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Here �s one more: trash bin (as US native, I usually use "trash can")
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7 Feb 2012
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