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WASTEPAPER BASKET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish
Synonyms:
circular file; waste-paper basket; waste basket; wastebasket; wastepaper basket
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("wastepaper basket" is a kind of...):
container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))