Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wastecan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: waste-can
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A container for holding waste; a trash can.

Example Sentences

"The only other people in sight were Tommy Weeks - a lanky maintenance man who was emptying wastecans and sweeping up - and George Fintel."

Etymology

Compound of waste + can.

Inflected Forms

wastecans (plural)

Synonyms

bin garbage can garbage pail trash bin trash can trashbin trashcan waste bin wastebin

Questions

What does wastecan mean?: A container for holding waste; a trash can.
Where does wastecan come from?: Compound of waste + can.

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