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Wastebasket (Noun)

Meaning

A container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish.

Classification

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

Examples

  • She threw the wrapper into the wastebasket under her desk and began eating her sandwich.
  • He emptied the full wastebasket in his room by taking it to the garbage bin outside.
  • There was only one wastebasket in the office that people were supposed to use for disposing of papers.
  • The teacher warned her students to throw the used tissues into the wastebasket instead of on the floor.
  • The office cleaner restocked the supplies by the photocopier and refilled the wastebasket liners.

Synonyms

  • Waste-paper Basket
  • Wastepaper Basket
  • Waste Basket
  • Circular File

Hypernyms

  • Container
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