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waste·bas·ket

(wāst′băs′kĭt)

A relatively small, open-topped container for discarding trash. Also called wastepaper basket.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

wastebasket

(ˈweɪstˌbɑːskɪt)

(Furniture) an open receptacle for paper and other dry litter. Also called (esp in Britain): wastepaper basket

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

waste•bas•ket

(ˈweɪstˌbæs kɪt, -ˌbɑ skɪt)

n.

a standing open receptacle for trash. Also called waste′paper bas`ket.

[1855–60]

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Noun

wastebasket - a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish

circular file, waste basket, wastepaper basket, waste-paper basket

container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

Translations

صَفِيحَة لِلزُّبالَة

koš

bøtte

roskakori

kanta za smeće

ごみ箱

쓰레기통

sophink

ถังขยะ

çöp tenekesi

thùng rác

l垃圾箱

wastebasket

[ˈweɪstbɑːskɪt] N (US) → cesto m de los papeles, papelera f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wastebasket

, wastebin

n (esp US) → Papierkorb m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

wastebasket

→ صَفِيحَة لِلزُّبالَة koš bøtte Mülleimer κάδος cubo, papelera roskakori poubelle kanta za smeće bidone ごみ箱 쓰레기통 vuilnisbak søppelkasse kosz na śmieci caixote do lixo, lixo мусорное ведро sophink ถังขยะ çöp tenekesi thùng rác l垃圾箱

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

wastebasket

n. cesto de basura.

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