ashcan
Receptacle for refuse
An ashcan is a metal container for ashes and household garbage—what's now more commonly called a trash can or garbage can.
The word persists in ashcan style, referring to early 20th-century American realist painters who depicted gritty urban scenes.
In military slang, ashcan was a nickname for depth charges, from their cylindrical shape.
Receptacle for rubbish
- rubbish binContainer for unwanted items
- galvanizedStimulated into sudden activity
- lidRemovable container cover
- curbsideAdjacent to the street
sanitation · disposal · refuse · collection · alley · dumpster · receptacle · cylindrical
Light, casual throw
- dumpWaste disposal site
- throw awayRemove as unwanted
- jettisonDeliberately discard, especially cargo
- scrapDiscarded bit or tussle
dispose · reject · abandon · eliminate · purge · trash · unwanted · surplus
Unidealized portrayal of workers' lives
- street lifeActivity on public roads
- working classManual laborers collectively
- grittyCoarse or courageous
- New YorkNortheastern metropolis and state
American art · oil painting · Edward Hopper · everyday life · documentary · raw · unidealized · twentieth century
waste bin
Receptacle for rubbish
- rubbish binContainer for unwanted items
- galvanizedStimulated into sudden activity
- lidRemovable container cover
curbside · sanitation · disposal · refuse · collection · alley · dumpster · receptacle · cylindrical · municipal
toss
Light, casual throw
- dumpWaste disposal site
- throw awayRemove as unwanted
- jettisonDeliberately discard, especially cargo
scrap · dispose · reject · abandon · eliminate · purge · trash · unwanted · surplus · get rid of
social realism
Unidealized portrayal of workers' lives
- street lifeActivity on public roads
- working classManual laborers collectively
- grittyCoarse or courageous
New York · American art · oil painting · Edward Hopper · everyday life · documentary · raw · unidealized · twentieth century
depth charge
Timed underwater anti-submarine munition
- antisubmarineCountering underwater naval threats
- navalOf maritime warfare
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
submarine · destroyer · explosive · canister · deck · launch · convoy · U-boat · attack · ordnance
- visual storytellingcomic strip, comic book, graphic novel, manga, picture book
- waste binswaste basket, bin, recycling bin, dumpster, trash bin
ashcantreasure chest
Locked box for valuables
safe · vault · display case · trophy case · hope chest
ashcantreasure chest
Locked box for valuables
reliquary · shrine · trophy case · jewel case · china cabinet
- Ashcan SchoolEarly 1900s American realist movement