wastebasket waste • wasteboard · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · wastebasket · · Text Latin · · Script 11 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish. Synonyms: wastepaper basket, waste-paper basket, waste basket, circular file. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · wastepaper basket · · Synonym 1 waste-paper basket · · Synonym 2 waste basket · · Synonym 3 circular file · · Synonym 4 Characters · · a latin small letter a U+0061 b latin small letter b U+0062 e latin small letter e U+0065 k latin small letter k U+006B s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 w latin small letter w U+0077