ashcan school

1. 1.

   a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life

   SynonymsEight

   Broaderschoolartistic movement
2. 2.

   early 20th-century United States painting; portrays realistic and sordid scenes of city life

   SynonymsAsh Can

   Broaderartistic movement

Questions about ashcan school

What does ashcan school mean?

ashcan school means "a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for ashcan school?

Close synonyms include Eight, Ash Can. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ashcan school a common word?

ashcan school is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.