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wastebasket
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun wastebasket has 1 sense
- wastebasket(n = noun.artifact) circular file, waste basket, waste-paper basket, wastepaper basket - a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish; Array is a kind of container
CIDE DICTIONARY
wastebasket, n.
A basket used in offices, libraries, etc., as a receptacle for waste paper. [1913 Webster]
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