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BNC: 25062 COCA: 34160

wastepaper

wastepaper /ˈweɪstˈpeɪpɚ/ noun
wastepaper
/ˈweɪstˈpeɪpɚ/
noun
Learner's definition of WASTEPAPER
[noncount]
: paper that you throw away because it has been used or is not needed废纸
BNC: 25062 COCA: 34160

wastepaper

noun

waste·​pa·​per ˈwās(t)-ˈpā-pər How to pronounce wastepaper (audio)
: paper discarded as used, superfluous, or not fit for use

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web A few days after the fire, Maher, a former Green Beret, admitted to setting a wastepaper basket on fire and stabbing himself. Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2022 The black-and-white picture depicts a young boy sitting on the floor playing with a nurse superhero toy, as Batman and Spiderman toy figures lie in a wastepaper basket next to him. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 July 2020 No incriminating diary pages crammed in the wastepaper basket, just the cardboard packaging for some lip gloss. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2021 The black-and-white picture depicts a young boy sitting on the floor playing with a nurse superhero toy, as Batman and Spiderman toy figures lie in a wastepaper basket next to him. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 July 2020 The black-and-white picture depicts a young boy sitting on the floor playing with a nurse superhero toy, as Batman and Spiderman toy figures lie in a wastepaper basket next to him. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 July 2020 The black-and-white picture depicts a young boy sitting on the floor playing with a nurse superhero toy, as Batman and Spiderman toy figures lie in a wastepaper basket next to him. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 July 2020 The black-and-white picture depicts a young boy sitting on the floor playing with a nurse superhero toy, as Batman and Spiderman toy figures lie in a wastepaper basket next to him. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 July 2020 Or perhaps the checks were simply Dickie’s mistakes, screwed up and thrown in the wastepaper basket. Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 26 July 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1567, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wastepaper was in 1567
BNC: 25062 COCA: 34160

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