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WASTE-PAPER BASKET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does waste-paper basket mean?
• WASTE-PAPER BASKET (noun)
The noun WASTE-PAPER BASKET has 1 sense:
1. a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish
Familiarity information: WASTE-PAPER BASKET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
circular file; waste-paper basket; waste basket; wastebasket; wastepaper basket
Hypernyms ("waste-paper basket" is a kind of...):
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))
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