Meaning
dumpster, street bin
- a large outdoor bin for municipal waste or recycling
- the housing box for a roller shutter
In a sentence
Ho buttato la spazzatura nel cassonetto sotto casa.
I threw the rubbish into the dumpster outside my house.
Dove si trova il cassonetto per la carta?
Where is the recycling bin for paper?
I cassonetti della strada sono già pieni stamattina.
The street dumpsters are already full this morning.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| cassonetto | masculine · singular |
| cassonetti | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Refers specifically to large street containers, not small indoor wastebaskets (cestino).