Download the app
educalingo
Search
The quality of a man's mind can generally be judged by the size of his wastepaper basket.
Jose Bergamin

Meaning of "wastepaper" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF WASTEPAPER

wastepaper  [ˈweɪstˌpeɪpə] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WASTEPAPER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wastepaper is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WASTEPAPER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of wastepaper in the English dictionary

The definition of wastepaper in the dictionary is paper discarded after use.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WASTEPAPER


curlpaper
ˈkɜːlˌpeɪpə
draper
ˈdreɪpə
endpaper
ˈɛndˌpeɪpə
flypaper
ˈflaɪˌpeɪpə
glasspaper
ˈɡlɑːsˌpeɪpə
gunpaper
ˈɡʌnˌpeɪpə
landscaper
ˈlændˌskeɪpə
newspaper
ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpə
notepaper
ˈnəʊtˌpeɪpə
paper
ˈpeɪpə
sandpaper
ˈsændˌpeɪpə
scraper
ˈskreɪpə
shaper
ˈʃeɪpə
skyscraper
ˈskaɪˌskreɪpə
taper
ˈteɪpə
tarpaper
ˈtɑːˌpeɪpə
touchpaper
ˈtʌtʃˌpeɪpə
vapor
ˈveɪpə
vapour
ˈveɪpə
wallpaper
ˈwɔːlˌpeɪpə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WASTEPAPER

wastebasket
wastebin
wasted
wasteful
wastefully
wastefulness
wastel
wasteland
wastelot
wasteness
wastepaper basket
wastepaper bin
waster
wasterfully
wasterfulness
wastery
wastes
wastewater
wasteway
wasteweir

WORDS THAT END LIKE WASTEPAPER

art paper
ballot paper
briefing paper
brown paper
carbonless paper
discussion paper
filter paper
graph paper
greaseproof paper
letter paper
music paper
on paper
order paper
recycled paper
term paper
the grim reaper
tissue paper
toilet paper
trade paper
white paper
wrapping paper

Synonyms and antonyms of wastepaper in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wastepaper» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF WASTEPAPER

Find out the translation of wastepaper to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wastepaper from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wastepaper» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

废纸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

papelera
570 millions of speakers

English

wastepaper
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

wastepaper
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المهملات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

макулатуры
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

de lixo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বর্জ্য কাগজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vieux papiers
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

kertas buangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Altpapier
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

紙くず
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

폐지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sampah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giỏ rác
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காகித குப்பை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वस्तुनिष्ठ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

atık kağıt
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cartaccia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

makulatura
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

макулатури
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de gunoi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αχρήστων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

misdruk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

returpapper
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

papir
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wastepaper

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WASTEPAPER»

The term «wastepaper» is regularly used and occupies the 60.438 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
72
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «wastepaper» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of wastepaper
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «wastepaper».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WASTEPAPER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «wastepaper» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «wastepaper» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wastepaper

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «WASTEPAPER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word wastepaper.
1
Jose Bergamin
The quality of a man's mind can generally be judged by the size of his wastepaper basket.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WASTEPAPER»

Discover the use of wastepaper in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wastepaper and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Recovery and Recycling of Paper: Proceedings of the ...
INTRODUCTION The aim of this paper is to study the recent evolution of recovered wastepaper prices and to investigate the relationship between recovered wastepaper prices and the prices of the virgin material, pulp. Reliable data is ...
Ravindra K. Dhir, Mukesh C. Limbachiya, Moray D. Newlands, 2001
2
Pavements Unbound: Proceedings of the 6th International ...
J.M. Kinuthia, R.M. Nidzam, S. Wild & R.B. Robinson University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, United Kingdom ABSTRACT: The potential of Wastepaper Sludge Ash (WSA), an industrial by-product of the recycling of paper, as a soil stabilizer is ...
Andrew Dawson, 2004
3
Technology of Paper Recycling
3.1 Introduction Equipment used in processing wastepaper was initially developed from pulp production and stock preparation equipment, with the addition of specialist stages, for example, flotation deinking. Changes have been by a process ...
R. McKinney, 1995
4
The U.S. Paper Industry and Sustainable Production: An ...
In earlier decades, wastepaper was viewed from perspectives other than that of waste management — primarily in terms of national timber security; thus, historical figures report wastepaper use, but not wastepaper recovery. After the year ...
Maureen Smith
5
Economics of Industrial Ecology: Materials, Structural ...
1990s, after the Indian government implemented a 100 percent import duty on wastepaper. Once this duty was reduced significantly in 1993, imported wastepaper recovered. Using a static optimization model, a case study was carried out to ...
Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh, Marco Janssen, 2004
6
Resource Recovery and Utilization: Proceedings of the ...
Over the years, the wastepaper market has been very cyclical. When a wastepaper shortage exists, the price of wastepaper increases, and civic groups, such as the Boy Scouts, are motivated to start paper collection drives. These drives ...
Harvey Alter, Emanuel Horowitz, 1975
7
Guide for Planning Pulp and Paper Enterprises
two wastepaper-based paper mills, one for newsprint and the other for paperboard, are given in the Appendix (see pages 347 and 353). Of the total tonnage mentioned above, about 65 percent was used in four countries (in 1967) : the United ...
‎1973
8
How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain
How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain asks how our culture came to frown on using books for any purpose other than reading. When did the coffee-table book become an object of scorn?
Leah Price, 2012
9
International Asia Conference on Industrial Engineering and ...
(2) Selection of wastepaper: It is necessary to classify, store and dispose separately the wastepaper depending on its types, properties and purposes. When the wastepaper is selected, it also need to be filtered some impurities, such as metal, ...
Ershi Qi, Jiang Shen, Runliang Dou, 2013
10
Conditions of Competition in U.S. Forest Products Trade, ...
To obtain the raw materials needed to make paper and paperboard, the Japanese industry relies upon the recycling of wastepaper, imports of pulp, and domestic production of pulp from domestically produced wood chips and imported wood ...
U.S. International Trade Commission

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WASTEPAPER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wastepaper is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Gold-plated wastepaper bins, glass chandeliers and Persian rugs …
The billionaire owner of Britain's most expensive house is selling its entire £50 million contents ahead of a refurbishment - and it could all go for just £500,000. «BT.com, Jun 15»
2
Former diasporan spins wastepaper into money
But not Zimbabwe's Nyasha Manyonda, who is scraping together a living by making ornamental flowers from used paper. Manyonda, in her early 30s, decided to ... «New Zimbabwe.com, May 15»
3
Spinning Zimbabwean wastepaper into money
HARARE – Most people regard used paper as useless waste that belongs in a garbage can. But not Zimbabwe's Nyasha Manyonda, who is scraping together a ... «VideoNewsUs, May 15»
4
Tougher Chinese wastepaper rules pull down US exports
Chinese importers of U.S. wastepaper are expecting even stricter guidelines in early 2015, as a proposal circulated in August by the Ministry of Environmental ... «JOC.com, Nov 14»
5
China's new restrictions may impact US wastepaper exports
Chinese companies are expecting more restrictions on wastepaper imports in early 2015 following a proposal circulated in August by the Ministry of ... «JOC.com, Oct 14»
6
China 'Wastepaper Queen'-Led Nine Dragons Says Profit Rose
The company's chairlady is Cheung Yan, dubbed China's “wastepaper queen” for gathering wastepaper worldwide and turning it into packaging paper that is ... «Forbes, Sep 14»
7
China plots new rules for wastepaper imports
China's Ministry of Environmental Protection is considering new regulations that would put provincial authorities in charge of approving wastepaper imports that ... «JOC.com, Sep 14»
8
Waste paper turned into a super-spongy battery
GOT an overflowing wastepaper basket? Now there's a way to use unwanted printouts to store energy. Traditional batteries use chemical reactions to store large ... «New Scientist, Jul 14»
9
LeBron James wears terrifying mask, later plays Jimmy Fallon in …
In it, James shows that he's ready to be considered for the “Wastepaper Basketball” Mount Rushmore and the writers get a massive assist for rhyming “super fly” ... «Washington Post, Feb 14»
10
LeBron James And Jimmy Fallon Play Wastepaper Basketball
LeBron James And Jimmy Fallon Play Wastepaper Basketball ... also references the favorite game of bored office workers everywhere, wastepaper hoops… «NBA.com, Feb 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Wastepaper [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/wastepaper>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z