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wastepaper basket
(weɪstpeɪpəʳ bɑːskɪt, -bæsk-)
Word forms: plural wastepaper baskets
countable noun
A wastepaper basket is a container for rubbish, especially paper, which is usually placed on the floor in the corner of a room or next to a desk.
wastepaper basket in British English
or wastepaper bin
noun
mainly British another word for wastebasket
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British English: wastepaper basket /ˌweɪstˈpeɪpə ˈbɑːskɪt/ NOUN
A wastepaper basket is a container for rubbish, especially paper, which is usually placed on the floor in the corner of a room or next to a desk.
- American English: wastepaper basket
- Arabic: سِلَّةُ الـمُهْمَلات
- Brazilian Portuguese: lixeira
- Chinese: 废纸篓
- Croatian: koš za otpatke
- Czech: koš odpadkový
- Danish: papirkurv
- Dutch: afvalemmer
- European Spanish: papelera
- Finnish: paperikori
- French: corbeille à papier
- German: Papierkorb
- Greek: καλάθι αχρήστων
- Italian: cestino per la carta straccia
- Japanese: くずかご
- Korean: 휴지통
- Norwegian: papirkurv
- Polish: kosz na papiery
- European Portuguese: cesto para papéis
- Romanian: coș de hârtie
- Russian: корзина для бумаг
- Latin American Spanish: papelera
- Swedish: papperskorg
- Thai: ตระกร้าใส่ขยะ
- Turkish: çöp sepeti
- Ukrainian: кошик для канцелярського сміття
- Vietnamese: sọt đựng giấy rác
Chinese translation of 'wastepaper basket'
wastepaper basket
(ˈweɪstpeɪpə-) (Brit)
n (c)
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废(廢)纸(紙)篓(簍)
(fèizhǐlǒu) (个(個), gè)