Meaning

2 senses
  1. A container in which items to be recycled may be placed.

    Papierkorb

    му́сорная корзи́наmúsornaja korzína, корзи́наkorzína

  2. In Microsoft Windows, a storage location for deleted files, from which they can be retrieved or permanently deleted.

    Papierkorb

    му́сорная корзи́наmúsornaja korzína

    кошикkošyk

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Do you have a recycle bin?

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Eccles17 · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. Where is your recycle bin?

    ruГде у вас мусорная корзина?

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  3. Uninstall method: Chuck the whole folder into the recycle bin.

    ruСпособ деинсталляции: выбросьте папку в корзину целиком.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · blay_paul · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. You can also drag and drop any file into the Recycle Bin to delete it.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · sabretou · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
(computing) in Microsoft Windows, a storage location for deleted files:
Русский
By meaning 1
container:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
container:

Origin

First sense appears c. 1971, in the Arizona Daily Sun. Computing sense appears in 1995 wit

First sense appears c. 1971, in the Arizona Daily Sun. Computing sense appears in 1995 with the Windows 95 operating system.

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Forms

plural: recycle bins
Singularrecycle bin
Pluralrecycle bins

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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