Meaning

1 senses
  1. A small open container for discarded paper etc; a wastebasket.

    Papierkorb

    корзи́на для бума́гkorzína dlja bumág

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

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The letter was consigned to the wastepaper basket.

    ruЭто письмо было отправлено в корзину для бумаг. — xmoffx

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
small open container for discarded paper:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
small open container for discarded paper:

Forms

plural: wastepaper baskets

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish:waste-paper basketwastebasketwaste basketcircular file

See also

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