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.