"ashcan" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-ashcan.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: ash + can Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ash|can}} ash + can Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ashcan (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to the Ashcan School of American art. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ashcan-en-adj-FOY9ACkC Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 31 11 26 9 11
  2. 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. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Containers, Copyright
    Sense id: en-ashcan-en-adj-CpUE9qQn Disambiguation of Containers: 8 25 27 19 11 10 Disambiguation of Copyright: 8 45 8 12 13 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 34 11 27 8 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 31 11 26 9 11

Noun

Audio: En-au-ashcan.ogg [Australia] Forms: ashcans [plural]
Etymology: ash + can Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ash|can}} ash + can Head templates: {{en-noun}} ashcan (plural ashcans)
  1. A container for ashes, used in times past for accumulating ashes generated from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere. Categories (topical): Containers Translations (container for ashes): asbak (Dutch), vuilnisemmer (Dutch), cendrier [masculine] (French), poubelle [feminine] (French), borralleira [feminine] (Galician), σκουπιδοτενεκές (skoupidotenekés) [masculine] (Greek), cinzeiro [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-ashcan-en-noun-6VF23onR Disambiguation of Containers: 8 25 27 19 11 10 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 31 11 26 9 11 Disambiguation of 'container for ashes': 98 1 1
  2. A dustbin. Categories (topical): Containers
    Sense id: en-ashcan-en-noun-qR7nikzi Disambiguation of Containers: 8 25 27 19 11 10 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 31 11 26 9 11
  3. (US, slang) A kind of large firecracker. Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): Containers, Pyrotechnics
    Sense id: en-ashcan-en-noun--jVdAoCp Disambiguation of Containers: 8 25 27 19 11 10 Disambiguation of Pyrotechnics: 8 9 8 7 57 11 Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ashcan of history

Verb

Audio: En-au-ashcan.ogg [Australia] Forms: ashcans [present, singular, third-person], ashcanning [participle, present], ashcanned [participle, past], ashcanned [past]
Etymology: ash + can Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ash|can}} ash + can Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} ashcan (third-person singular simple present ashcans, present participle ashcanning, simple past and past participle ashcanned)
  1. (transitive, informal) To throw out like rubbish; to ditch or trash. Tags: informal, transitive Categories (topical): Containers
    Sense id: en-ashcan-en-verb-HQLtiyDE Disambiguation of Containers: 8 25 27 19 11 10 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 31 11 26 9 11

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.