Ashcan
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ashcan is a noun meaning A container for collecting ashes, especially from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere.
Meaning
A container for collecting ashes, especially from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere.
More Meanings
- (idiomatic) A dustbin, trash can, or the like.
- (idiomatic, US, slang) A kind of large firecracker.
- (transitive, informal) To throw out like rubbish; to ditch or trash.
- Of or pertaining to the Ashcan School of American art.
- Describing a comic book originally published solely to retain ownership of a trademark, not intended for general release; later used for promotional comic books intended for limited release to the public.
Example Sentences
He chain-lit a fresh cigarette and flicked the old butt, still smouldering, into the steel ash-can beside his drawing table.
Word Forms
- ashcans
- ashcanning
- ashcanned
Synonyms for ashcan
Depending on context, synonyms include dustbin, trash bin, wastebin.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wastebin, dustbin, trash bin, ashpan, ashpit, ash-tray.
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