Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A receptacle, usually roughly cylindrical and wider at the top then at the bottom, which serves as a place to discard waste materials.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected
Examples
“March and Romelaer 1976 pointed out that the drift of decisions within a garbage can situation is not random but occurs in a context of beliefs and norms that produce a systematic bias.”
“Clenching her fists, Cara stood a moment, fighting to keep from dumping the entire garbage can out onto the floor.”
“This consciousness of the importance of institutions is manifest in concern with “nondecisions” (Bachrach and Baratz, 1962) and agenda effects (Kingdon, 1984), and some recent work in both the rational actor (Ferejohn, 1987) and the garbage can (March and Olsen, 1986a) traditions has emphasized the need to introduce institutions explicitly into such theories.”
“I put every warning sign of all that might happen right into the garbage can of my self-deceptive brain.”
“I smack the upside-down Pyrex dish against the lip of the garbage can until the brownies fall in.”
“WHAM WHAM Harry's universe was a madness of noise and jolts, as if a giant had put him in a garbage can and used the can for a field hockey puck.”
“As I unpacked my Stuff some clothes and personal “care” products like my Pantene Pro-V—this was pre-GoodGuide, and I didn’t know about the nasty chemical ingredients, I noticed there was no garbage can in my room.”
“Amberly shot me a narrow-eyed look of triumph and walked off toward the garbage can next to the craft service table.”
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TECH - furniture
The universe as IKEA sees it.
Furniture, haberdashery, household articles and a lot more. The bulk of the list (750 entries) are IKEA articles in the original English version IKEA use...active-response c..., add-on-unit for s..., adjustable slatte..., alarm clock, alkaline battery, anti-slip socks, anti-slip underlay, armchair, armrest, artificial flower, artificial garland, artificial plant ... and 830 more...
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OM3 Lesson 33
elderly, actually, smell, leftovers, throw together, stew, garbage, truck, garbage man, garbage can, nail, nail scissors and 21 more...
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