noun
a place where bottles can be deposited for recycling
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
• Hypernyms: ↑recycling bin
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bottle bank noun
A purpose-built container in which empty glass bottles, jars, etc may be deposited for collection for recycling
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Main Entry: ↑bottle
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a large container in a public place where people can put empty bottles so that the glass can be recycled (=used again)
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noun, pl ⋯ banks [count]
Brit : a large container that people put empty bottles in so that the glass or plastic the bottles are made from can be used again
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a large container in a public place where people can leave their empty bottles so that the glass can be used again (= recycled ); a public place with several of these containers
Useful english dictionary. 2012.