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Noun: waste-paper basket
  1. A container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish
    "He tossed the crumpled paper into the waste-paper basket";
    - wastepaper basket, wastebasket, waste basket, circular file [informal]

Derived forms: wastepaper baskets, waste-paper baskets

Type of: container

Encyclopedia: Waste-paper basket