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

Meaning of "wastepaper basket" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WASTEPAPER BASKET

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WASTEPAPER BASKET

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Wastepaper basket 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 BASKET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

wastepaper basket

Waste container

A waste container is a container for temporarily storing waste, and is usually made out of metal or plastic. Common terms are dustbin, rubbish bin, litter bin, garbage can, trash can, trash bin, dumpster, waste basket, waste paper basket, waste receptacle, container bin, bin and kitchen bin. The words "rubbish", "basket" and "bin" are more common in British English usage; "trash" and "can" are more common in American English usage.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WASTEPAPER BASKET

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE WASTEPAPER BASKET

basket
blow a gasket
bread basket
breadbasket
casket
cat basket
clothes basket
cylinder head gasket
dog basket
fruit basket
gasket
handbasket
hanging basket
lasket
laundry basket
Moses basket
picnic basket
sewing basket
shopping basket
sket
wastebasket

Synonyms and antonyms of wastepaper basket in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «wastepaper basket» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WASTEPAPER BASKET

Find out the translation of wastepaper basket to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wastepaper basket 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 basket» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

废纸篓
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

papelera
570 millions of speakers

English

wastepaper basket
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

wastepaper टोकरी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سِلَّةُ الـمُهْمَلات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

корзина для бумаг
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lixeira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নষ্ট কাগজের ঝুলি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

corbeille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

tong sampah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Papierkorb
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

くずかご
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

휴지통
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Basket sampah
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

sọt đựng giấy rác
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குப்பை கூடை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाया दांडाचे टोपली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

atık kağıt kutusu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cestino per la carta straccia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kosz na papiery
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кошик для канцелярського сміття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

coș de hârtie
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

καλάθι αχρήστων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

snippermandjie
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

papperskorg
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

papirkurv
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wastepaper basket

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WASTEPAPER BASKET»

The term «wastepaper basket» is normally little used and occupies the 126.082 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WASTEPAPER BASKET» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «WASTEPAPER BASKET»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word wastepaper basket.
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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 BASKET»

Discover the use of wastepaper basket in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wastepaper basket and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Philosophy of Material Culture: Action, Function, and Mind
Finally, although buying a new wastepaper basket is something you may do only a few times in your life, it is a special case of the repetitive activity of buying household necessities—something you surely do every week, if not every day.
Beth Preston, 2013
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A Philosophy of Material Culture: Action, Function, and ...
Finally, although buying a new wastepaper basket is something you may do only a few times in your life, it is a special case of the repetitive activity of buying household necessities—something you surely do every week, if not every day.
Beth Preston, 2013
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Parrot Tricks: Teaching Parrots with Positive Reinforcement
Description: In this trick, the bird picks up wastepaper and places it into a wastepaper basket. Prerequisite: The basketball trick, as described in the previous section. Equipment: You will need a container to act as the wastepaper basket.
Tani Robar, Diane Grindol, 2010
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Mapping Jewish Identities
Imagine a particular object, for example, the wastepaper basket now near my desk. Now, suppose we wanted to represent that particular wastepaper basket. We might try to represent it simply as a "wastepaper basket." But, of course, there are ...
Laurence Jay Silberstein, 2000
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Design by Use: The Everyday Metamorphosis of Things
The Everyday Metamorphosis of Things Uta Brandes, Sonja Stich, Miriam Wender. Waste Disposal When there is no wastepaper basket available, the nearest thing that looks like one will do. 1 Bicycle basket as wastepaper basket 2 Bicycle ...
Uta Brandes, Sonja Stich, Miriam Wender, 2009
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Slam Dunk
When I passed through the office door, I just reached down and scooped up the wastepaper basket. Then I carried the balls and the basket into the equipment room. Smooth. The room was dim and jammed with so much gear you could hardly ...
Kate Jaimet, 2009
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Effective Ways to Assess English Language Learners: [for ...
In the passive voice, this should read: a) He was made do it b) He was made to do it. c) He made his parents to do it. d) His parents were made do it. 94. Someone had thrown a lighted cigarette into a wastepaper basket. In the passive voice, ...
Felipe Cofreros, 2012
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Information Processing in Animals: Memory Mechanisms
One other variable was investigated, the locus in which reinforcement occurred. All the experimental groups discussed thus far received reinforcement in the wastepaper basket and their controls were confined to the basket for an equal ...
N. E. Spear, R. R. Miller, 2014
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Menches, Komogrammateus of Kerkeosiris: The Doings and ...
In sum, therefore, the group of papyri that is commonly referred to as the 'archive of Menches', rather consists of the contents of the wastepaper basket of one of his successors, and is therefore made up of documents which were discarded ...
A. M. F. W. Verhoogt, 1998
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A Self-Made Monster
“Well, to the walls he said something like, 'Goddammit, who works around here,' and 'I'll rip off his face,' or 'I'll stuff him into the goddamned wastepaper basket. Maybe he'll put it in the right place.' He hit the desk, too.” “He didn't hit you?
Steve Vivian, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WASTEPAPER BASKET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wastepaper basket is used in the context of the following news items.
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The literary crimes of Go Set a Watchman
But the discarded pages that line a novelist's wastepaper basket aren't exactly bestselling material, even if the novelist is Harper Lee. The book's publisher in the ... «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Letter to Littleton company triggers hazmat response
When she saw the word “anthrax” within the body of the letter she dropped leafs of paper in the wastepaper basket, he said. There was no sign of a white ... «Westford Eagle, Mar 15»
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Robert Durst's brother reveals he was sacked from firm for urinating …
'I came back from vacation and I was putting my hand into the wastepaper basket and it was covered by liquid. It was urine,' said Douglas. 'It was I who asked ... «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
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From the Knicks, a Distress Signal
Example: If you are at work right now, pick up a wastepaper basket and carry it to the other side of the office. Now pick up a colleague's stapler, turn your back to ... «Wall Street Journal, Jan 15»
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Douglas Durst, in Rare Move, Speaks About Robert Durst Ahead of …
“One result of the wastepaper basket incident was I was able to convince my uncles to name me as the successor trustee,” Douglas said. That did not dilute ... «New York Times, Jan 15»
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Newport Writer, a Graduate of Covington Latin & NKU, Wins State …
In addition to writing the winning play in the 10-minute catagory, Patton was a semi-finalist in the KTA'S full-length division for her play The Wastepaper Basket. «The River City News, Nov 14»
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5 Clever Ways To Disguise Your Dirty Laundry, Garbage, And Other …
Or, your overflowing wastepaper basket that has a ton of scraps from your last project. Or, that full trash bag that needs to be taken outside. That's when it's time ... «Bustle, Sep 14»
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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»
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Designing for Disposal, Part 1: Open Wastebaskets
The angled design of the In Attessa wastepaper basket from Danese Milano, designed by Enzo Mari, makes it easier to catch waste (liked crumbled paper) ... «Core77.com, Jul 14»
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Drug smuggling 101: The wastepaper basket is the first place they look
... the plan was for the sister, Misty Mills, 34, of Haslett, to visit the bathroom in the lobby of the jail and leave the cigarettes and drugs in the wastepaper basket, ... «The Morning Sun, Apr 14»

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