wastebasket; wastepaper basket
A container for small trash, especially paper scraps. Often used in homes and offices.
I keep a wastebasket beside my desk.
I threw the unnecessary papers into the wastebasket.
wastepaper basket; wastebasket
Standard kanji spelling for wastebasket.
Kana spelling; common in everyday writing.
Variant using 篭 (simplified form of 籠).
Compound of 屑 (くず, 'scraps, waste') and 籠 (かご, 'basket').