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Noun: wastepaper basket
  1. A container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish
    "He tossed the crumpled paper into the wastepaper basket";
    - waste-paper basket, wastebasket, waste basket, circular file [informal]
Noun: waste paper
  1. Paper discarded after use
    "The office implemented a waste paper recycling program"

Derived forms: waste papers

Type of: container, paper

Encyclopedia: Wastepaper basket

Waste paper