wastepaper basket in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for wastepaper basket in the English»French Dictionary

wastepaper basket, wastepaper bin Brit N

wastepaper basket

corbeille f à papier

Translations for wastepaper basket in the French»English Dictionary

panier (corbeille à papier)

wastepaper basket

corbeille à papier (à l'intérieur) (en osier)

wastepaper basket

Translations for wastepaper basket in the English»French Dictionary

wastepaper N U

wastepaper

vieux papiers mpl

basket [Brit ˈbɑːskɪt, Am ˈbæskət] N

1. basket:

basket (with one handle)

panier m

basket (with no handle or two)

corbeille f

basket (carried on back)

hotte f

basket (for game, fish)

bourriche f

basket (on donkey)

panier m

sewing or work basket

corbeille f à ouvrage

basket of currencies FIN

panier m de devises

2. basket SPORTS (in basketball):

basket

panier m

to make or score a basket

réussir un panier

3. basket:

basket (in skiing)

rondelle f

basket (in fencing)

coquille f

4. basket Am (male genitals):

basket sl

bazar m sl

basket sl

organes mpl génitaux mâles

wastepaper basket in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for wastepaper basket in the English»French Dictionary

wastepaper basket, wastepaper bin N

wastepaper basket → wastebasket, → waste bin

See also wastebasket

wastebasket [ˈweɪstbɑ:skɪt, Am -bæskət] N Am, waste bin N Brit, Aus

wastebasket

poubelle f

Translations for wastepaper basket in the French»English Dictionary

corbeille à papier/à pain

wastepaper/bread basket

Translations for wastepaper basket in the English»French Dictionary

basket [ˈbɑ:skɪt, Am ˈbæskət] N

basket

panier m

Phrases:

to be a basket case pej

être un paumé

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The council installed 1 wastepaper basket for every 200m of street.

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Indeed, upon further investigation, it appears that my wastepaper basket is full... of waste paper.

www.theregister.co.uk

When they arrive at the apartment, they are told that the contents of a wastepaper basket was on fire, and the fire was extinguished prior to their arrival.

www.villagevoice.com

He was doing it in the wastepaper basket.

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Officials at the time believed it was started when a roomer dropped a match into a wastepaper basket.

www.nwitimes.com

An extraordinary visitation in 1910 complained that there were no spittoon, no wastepaper basket and no handkerchief available, and that the benches were old and therefore unsuitable.

en.wikipedia.org

I would like to put all the misunderstandings of the past into the wastepaper basket.

www.independent.co.uk

Later, he jokingly likens it to the contents of his wastepaper basket.

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When the notes are no longer needed, the board can automatically repel them and drop them into a small wastepaper basket below.

www.pcworld.co.nz

Perhaps it is time to pull that report out of the wastepaper basket?

www.express.co.uk