wastebasket
noun
waste·bas·ket
ˈwās(t)-ˌba-skət 
: a receptacle for refuse and especially for wastepaper
called also wastepaper basket
Examples of wastebasket in a Sentence
She tossed the wrapper into the wastebasket.
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In a 1988 promotional ad for WXYZ-TV’s weathercasters, Jerry Hodak threw a crumpled piece of paper over his shoulder, which Rob Kress caught in a wastebasket without even looking away from his desk.
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Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2024
There’s another issue in 205, something about an overflowing wastebasket.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 10 Oct. 2024
For added freshness, soak a cotton round in drops of your favorite essential oil before replacing the garbage bag in your wastebasket.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2024
The Architect’s Classroom features stools that raise and lower, adjustable drafting tables and a wastebasket unfathomably made up of 1,020 solder joints.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2024
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Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2024
There’s another issue in 205, something about an overflowing wastebasket.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 10 Oct. 2024
For added freshness, soak a cotton round in drops of your favorite essential oil before replacing the garbage bag in your wastebasket.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2024
The Architect’s Classroom features stools that raise and lower, adjustable drafting tables and a wastebasket unfathomably made up of 1,020 solder joints.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2024
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“Wastebasket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wastebasket. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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wastebasket
noun
waste·bas·ket
ˈwās(t)-ˌbas-kət
: an open container for trash and especially wastepaper
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