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wastebasket

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The meaning (definition) of the word wastebasket

a small can for throwing away trash

The word wastebasket used in a sentence

“I dropped the paper into the wastebasket.”

How the word wastebasket is said around the world

Frenchcorbeille à papier (kor-BAY ah pah-PYAY)
Spanishpapelera (pah-peh-LEH-rah)
Mandarin废纸篓 (fay jir loh)
Hindiकूड़ेदान (koo-ray-DAHN)
Arabicسَلَّةُ المُهْمَلاتِ (SAL-la-tu al-muh-ma-LAAT)
Russianкорзина для мусора (kuhr-ZEE-nuh dlyah MOO-suhr)
Portuguese (EU)cesto do lixo (SESH-too do LEE-shoo)
Portuguese (BR)lixeira (lee-SHAY-rah)
Japaneseごみばこ (goh-mee-BAH-koh)
GermanPapierkorb (pah-PEER-korp)
Urduکچرے کی ٹوکری (kach-ray kee TOHK-ree)
Punjabiਕੂੜੇਦਾਨ (koo-ray-DAAN)
Korean휴지통 (HYOO-jee-tohng)
Hebrewפַּח אַשְׁפָּה (pakh ash-PAH)
Greekκαλάθι αχρήστων (kah-LAH-thee ah-KHREES-tohn)
Dutchprullenbak (PRUUL-en-bahk)
Tagalogbasurahan (bah-soo-RAH-hahn)
Vietnamesesọt rác (sawt RAHK)
Turkishçöp kutusu (chuhp koo-too-SOO)
Persianسطل زباله (satl zo-BAH-le)
Polishkosz na śmieci (KOSH nah SHMYEH-chee)
Ukrainianкошик для сміття (KOH-shyk dlyah SMEET-tyah)
Bengaliময়লার ঝুড়ি (MOY-lahr JHUU-ree)
Swedishpapperskorg (PAP-pers-kory)
Italiancestino (ches-TEE-noh)

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