Wastebasket

/wˈe‍ɪstbɑːskɪt/

/ˈweɪstˌbæskət/

Wastebasket

an object with an open top that is used for holding trash, particularly waste paper

Examples

1. She pulls them out of the wastebasket.

2. So I hide it in her wastebasket.

3. In the bathroom, inside of a lone wastebasket, was a pile of hair clippings, reddish-brown in color.

4. He then placed two large wastebaskets in front of the bound doors and lit their contents on fire.