recycle bin
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recycle bin
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First sense appears c. 1971, in the Arizona Daily Sun. Computing sense appears in 1995 with the Windows 95 operating system.
noun recycle bins
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A container in which items to be recycled may be placed.
Similar: recycling bin, trash
- In Microsoft Windows, a storage location for deleted files, from which they can be retrieved or permanently deleted.
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noun container
| 한국어 | 휴지통 hyujitong |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 資源回收筒 /资源回收筒 zīyuán huíshōu tǒng |
| हिन्दी | पुनर्चक्रण पात्र punarcakraṇ pātra |
| Français | corbeille |
| Deutsch | Papierkorb |
| Română | coș de reciclare |
| Русский | му́сорная корзи́на músornaja korzína, корзи́на korzína |
noun (computing) in Microsoft Windows, a storage location for deleted files
| Español | papelera de reciclaje |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ごみ箱 gomibako |
| 中文 | 資源回收筒 /资源回收筒 zīyuán huíshōu tǒng, 回收站 huíshōuzhàn |
| Português | reciclagem |
| Deutsch | Papierkorb |
| Română | coș de gunoi |
| Русский | му́сорная корзи́на músornaja korzína |
| Tiếng Việt | thùng rác |
| العربية | سَلَّة الْمَحْذُوفَات |
Talk about this word "recycle bin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/recycle%20bin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. recycle bin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/recycle%20bin "recycle bin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/recycle%20bin.Cite this
@misc{recycle_bin_2026,
title = {recycle bin},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/recycle%20bin},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
