"wastebasket" meaning in All languages combined

See wastebasket on Wiktionary

Noun [Englisch]

Forms: the wastebasket [singular], the wastebaskets [plural]
Etymology: zusammengesetzt aus waste (Abfall) und basket (Korb)
  1. kleiner Abfallbehälter, vor allem für Papiermüll: Papierkorb, Abfallkorb Tags: US
    Sense id: de-wastebasket-en-noun-p8K6WlFV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wastepaper basket, wastepaper bin Coordinate_terms: bin, dustbin, rubbish bin, waste bin, garbage can Translations (kleiner Abfallbehälter): Papierkorb [masculine] (Deutsch), Abfallkorb [masculine] (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "“He crumpled the invitation and card with strong, tense fingers and tossed them in the wastebasket.”",
          "translation": "Er zerknüllte die Einladung und die Karte mit einer kräftigen Handbewegung und warf sie in den Papierkorb."
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      "sense": "kleiner Abfallbehälter",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Papierkorb"
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    },
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    }
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          "text": "“He crumpled the invitation and card with strong, tense fingers and tossed them in the wastebasket.”",
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        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}

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