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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recycle bin

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables
re-cy-cle bin
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A container in which items to be recycled may be placed.

noun

In Microsoft Windows, a storage location for deleted files, from which they can be retrieved or permanently deleted.

Etymology

First sense appears c. 1971, in the Arizona Daily Sun. Computing sense appears in 1995 with the Windows 95 operating system.

Inflected Forms

recycle bins (plural)

Synonyms

recycling bin trash

Questions

What does recycle bin mean?
A container in which items to be recycled may be placed.
Where does recycle bin come from?
First sense appears c. 1971, in the Arizona Daily Sun. Computing sense appears in 1995 with the Windows 95 operating system.

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