wastepaper

[ weyst-pey-per ]

/ ˈweɪstˌpeɪ pər /

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noun

paper thrown away as useless.

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Origin of wastepaper

First recorded in 1575–85; waste + paper

Words nearby wastepaper

waste heat recovery, wasteland, wastelot, Waste not, want not, waste one's breath, wastepaper, wastepaper basket, waste pipe, waste product, waster, wastewater

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How to use wastepaper in a sentence

Maybe you turn in the tissue you found in the wastepaper basket and some water out of the toilet.
Patricia Cornwell Talks New Book, 'Red Mist,' Forensics, and Angelina Jolie|Janice Kaplan|December 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Putting his hand up, he pulled out his wife's letter, and read it again cursorily before casting it into the wastepaper basket.
Married Life|May Edginton
Peggy, armed with the wastepaper basket and the skin, followed open-mouthed.
More William|Richmal Crompton
The flush remained on his face, his cigarette had gone out, and he threw the stump savagely into the wastepaper basket.
Cap'n Warren's Wards|Joseph C. Lincoln

Standing tore the message into small fragments and dropped them into the wastepaper basket beside him.
The Man in the Twilight|Ridgwell Cullum
Where is that copy that you retrieved from the wastepaper basket?
Warren Commission (2 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

British Dictionary definitions for wastepaper

wastepaper

/ (ˈweɪstˌpeɪpə) /

noun

paper discarded after use

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