Usually means: Container for discarding ashes, trash.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word ashcan:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ashcan: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. ashcan: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ashcan: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ashcan: Vocabulary.com
  5. Ashcan, ashcan: Wordnik
  6. ashcan: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. ashcan: Wiktionary
  8. ashcan: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. ashcan: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. ashcan: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. ashcan: Dictionary.com
  12. Ashcan (waste), Ashcan: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. ashcan: Rhymezone
  14. ashcan: Free Dictionary
  15. ashcan: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. ashcan: Dictionary/thesaurus
  17. Ashcan: Merriam-Webster.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ashcan (weapon), ashcan: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ASHCAN: Acronym Finder

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ashcan, ashcan: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. ashcan: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See ashcans as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A container for ashes, used in times past for accumulating ashes generated from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere.
noun:  A dustbin.
noun:  (US, slang) A kind of large firecracker.
verb:  (transitive, informal) To throw out like rubbish; to ditch or trash.
adjective:  Of or pertaining to the Ashcan School of American art.
adjective:  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.

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