wastepaper basket
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Compound of 'waste' from Old Northern French 'waste', from Latin 'vastus' meaning 'unoccupied, desolate', and 'paper' from Latin 'papyrus', and 'basket' from Old French 'bascat'.
مثال
- Please put the trash in the wastepaper basket.
- The wastepaper basket is full.
- She emptied the wastepaper basket.
ترکیبهای رایج
Empty the wastepaper basket Full wastepaper basket Paper in the wastepaper basket
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish