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wastebasket
noun as in ash can
noun as in circular file
Weak match
noun as in trash can
Strongest match
noun as in wastepaper basket
Example Sentences
This trend should be in the same wastebasket as mullets, microwave dinners and inflated lips.
Last month, in an act of showmanship during a Facebook Live event, Fain condemned a contract proposal from Stellantis as “trash” — and tossed a copy of it into a wastebasket, “where it belongs,” he said.
A wastebasket filled with Crystal’s crumpled papers and empty Dr Pepper cans still sits on one side of his bed.
The Justice Department could simply drop the committee’s recommendation in the wastebasket and move on.
The girls mostly watched TV, though Nichol, who was more active, was given small tasks by her mother to keep her busy, like emptying all the wastebaskets and replacing the liners.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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