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Waste Basket

Definition: Waste Basket

Waste Basket

Noun

1. A container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Waste Basket

Synonyms: circular file (n), wastebasket (n), wastepaper basket (n), waste-paper basket (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Waste Basket

English words defined with "waste basket": waste-paper basket. (references)

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Image Slideshow: Waste Basket

Computer Images:
Waste Basket

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Waste Basket

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  waste basket

88
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Waste Basket

Language Translations for "waste basket"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Indonesian

  

keranjang sampah (scrapbasket), cikrak (dustpan). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

(a waste basket, a wastepaper basket). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

くずか" (a waste basket, a wastepaper basket). (various references)

   

Maori

  

tini raapihi. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

asteway asketbay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Waste Basket

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: wastebasket.

Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-e-k-s-s-t-t-w"

-4 letters: abwatts, baskets, betakes, estates, tsatske, weakest.

-5 letters: abases, abates, abwatt, awakes, baases, basest, basket, basset, bastes, beasts, besets, betake, bettas, estate, seesaw, sestet, skates, skeets, stakes, states, steaks, steeks, sweats, sweets, tasset, tastes, tawses, teases, testae, testes, tsetse, tweaks, tweets, wastes.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-e-k-s-s-t-t-w"
 

+1 letter: wastebaskets.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Waste Basket


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

57 61 73 74 65      42 61 73 6B 65 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010111 01100001 01110011 01110100 01100101 00100000 01000010 01100001 01110011 01101011 01100101 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#87 &#97 &#115 &#116 &#101 &#32 &#66 &#97 &#115 &#107 &#101 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0057 0061 0073 0074 0065      0042 0061 0073 006B 0065 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

57678586712366785777186

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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