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wastebasket

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun wastebasket has 1 sense
  1. wastepaper basket, waste-paper basket, wastebasket, waste basket, circular file - a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish
    --1 is a kind of container

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Term: wastebasket

Definition:

A wastebasket is a container used to hold and dispose of waste materials, usually located in homes, offices, or other places of business.

Part of Speech:

Noun

Senses:

  1. A cylindrical or rectangular container with an open top to hold trash or garbage.
  2. A metaphorical term referring to a place where worthless or discarded items are stored or considered.

Examples:

  1. She emptied the contents of her filled wastebasket into a garbage bag.
  2. My desk is cluttered, and I need to throw away some papers into the wastebasket.
  3. The old factory has become a wastebasket for broken machinery.
  4. His mind is like a wastebasket, filled with useless thoughts.

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