Phrase guide

wastepaper basket

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: waste-paper basket, wastebasket, waste basket, circular file

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: container

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: paperera — small open container for discarded paper
  • Chinese Mandarin: 廢紙簍 /废纸篓 (fèizhǐlǒu) — small open container for discarded paper
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紙簍 /纸篓 (zhǐlǒu) — small open container for discarded paper
  • Danish: affaldskurv — small open container for discarded paper
  • Finnish: roskakori — small open container for discarded paper
  • French: corbeille à papiers — small open container for discarded paper
  • Galician: papeleira — small open container for discarded paper
  • German: Papierkorb — small open container for discarded paper
  • Greenlandic: eqqaavik — small open container for discarded paper
  • Hungarian: papírkosár — small open container for discarded paper
  • Irish: ciseán páipéir — small open container for discarded paper
  • Italian: cestino della carta straccia — small open container for discarded paper
  • Japanese: くずかご (kuzukago) — small open container for discarded paper
  • Korean: 휴지통 (hyujitong) — small open container for discarded paper
  • Latvian: papīrkurvis — small open container for discarded paper
  • Lithuanian: põpierdėžė — small open container for discarded paper
  • Macedonian: ко́рпа за харти́ени отпа́доци (kórpa za hartíeni otpádoci) — small open container for discarded paper
  • Polish: kosz na śmieci w biurze — small open container for discarded paper
  • Portuguese: caixote do lixo — small open container for discarded paper
  • Romanian: coș — small open container for discarded paper
  • Romanian: coș de hârtii — small open container for discarded paper
  • Russian: корзи́на для бума́г (korzína dlja bumág) — small open container for discarded paper
  • Spanish: papelera — small open container for discarded paper
  • Swedish: papperskorg — small open container for discarded paper
  • Swedish: rundarkiv — small open container for discarded paper
  • Tibetan: གད་སྙིགས་བླུག་ས (gad snyigs blug sa) — small open container for discarded paper
  • Turkish: ofis tipi çöp kovası — small open container for discarded paper
  • Turkish: ofis tipi çöp kutusu — small open container for discarded paper
  • Turkish: perfore çöp kovası — small open container for discarded paper
  • Turkish: perfore çöp kutusu — small open container for discarded paper
  • Turkish: delikli çöp kovası — small open container for discarded paper
  • Turkish: delikli çöp kutusu — small open container for discarded paper
  • Turkish: fileli çöp kovası — small open container for discarded paper
  • Turkish: fileli çöp kutusu — small open container for discarded paper
  • Welsh: basged sbwriel — small open container for discarded paper