wastebasket
English
noun
Definitions
- A usually small indoor receptacle for items that are to be discarded; a rubbish bin.
Etymology
Compound from English waste (empty, dejected, barren, dismal) + English basket.
Origin
English
basket
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiwaste English
- awaste English
- basket English
- basketane English
- basketball English
- basketeer English
- basketflower English
- basketful English
- basketgrass English
- basketless English
- basketlike English
- basketmaker English
- basketmaking English
- basketry English
- basketweave English
- basketweaver English
- basketweaving English
- basketwoman English
- basketwood English
- basketwork English
- basketworm English
- bewaste English
- biowaste English
- breadbasket English
- clothesbasket English
- e-basket English
- e-waste English
- forwaste English
- handbasket English
- litterbasket English
- miltwaste English
- radiowaste English
- time-waste English
- unwaste English
- wastage English
- waste English
- waste tray English
- waste-ridden English
- wasteable English
- wastebin English
- wastebook English
- wasteful English
- wastegate English
- wastegood English
- wasteground English
- wasteland English
- wasteless English
- wasteman English
- wasten English
- wasteness English
- wasteoid English
- wastepaper English
- wastepile English
- waster English
- wastest English
- wasteth English
- wastethrift English
- wastewater English
- wasteway English
- wasteweir English
- wastey English
- wastoid English
- wastrel English
- wastry English
- workbasket English
- basket Dutch, Flemish
- ウエス Japanese
- basket Middle English
- waste Middle English
- basket Cebuano
- basged Welsh
- basket Turkish
- basgaid Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- баскет Macedonian
- ubhasikidi Zulu
- basket Tok Pisin
- westim Tok Pisin
- bascat xno
- libhasikidi Swati
- ibhasikithi North Ndebele
- waste
- awaste
- wastry
- wasten
- wastey
- basket
- waster
- unwaste
- wastest
- wastage
- e-waste
- wastoid
- wastrel
- wasteth
- bewaste
- wasteway
- wastebin
- basketry
- wasteful
- forwaste
- e-basket
- wasteman
- biowaste
- wasteoid
- basketful
- wasteable
- basketane
- wastegate
- wasteweir
- wasteness
- miltwaste
- wastepile
- wasteless
- basketeer
- wastebook
- wasteland
- wastegood
- antiwaste
- waste tray
- workbasket
- wastepaper
- handbasket
- basketless
- basketworm
- wastewater
- basketwork
- radiowaste
- basketlike
- basketwood
- time-waste
- basketball
- breadbasket
- wasteground
- wastethrift
- basketmaker
- basketweave
- basketgrass
- basketwoman
- waste-ridden
- basketflower
- litterbasket
- basketweaver
- basketmaking
- basketweaving
- clothesbasket