bottle bank

noun [C]

Definition

› a large container into which people put empty bottles and other glass objects so that the glass can be used againContainers for waste

(Definition of bottle bank noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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