Trash receptacle
The crossword clue "Trash receptacle" is answered by ASHCAN, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ASHCAN
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASHCAN answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- WASTEBIN (2 uses in xd)
- WASTEBASKET (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ASHCAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by ASHCAN, most used first.
- Depth charge - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Depth charge, in slang - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Refuse receptacle - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Depth charge, slangily - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Trash barrel - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Trash holder - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Barbecue receptacle - ASHPIT, used 9 times
- Fireplace receptacle - ASHPAN, used 9 times
- Trash - LITTER, used 7 times
- Trash - REFUSE, used 7 times
- Fireplace receptacle - ASHPIT, used 6 times
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