wastebasket

2 definitions found

wastebasket - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wastebasket \Waste"bas`ket\, n.
     A basket used in offices, libraries, etc., as a receptacle
     for waste paper.
     [1913 Webster]

wastebasket - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  wastebasket
      n 1: a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other
           rubbish [syn: wastepaper basket, waste-paper basket,
           wastebasket, waste basket, circular file]