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• paperikori* * *'weispeipə (a basket or other (small) container for waste paper: Put those old letters in the wastepaper basket.) paperikori -
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• roina• riuduttaa• roskat• roska• riutua• tuhota• tuhlaus• tuhottu• tuhlata• näivettää• näivettyätechnology• häviöfinance, business, economy• hävikki• hävittää• jäteaine• jäte• jätteet• jäteaineet• turmella• tähde• hukata• hylkytavaraforest and paper industry• hylky• hukka• hylkyaine• hivuttaa• hukkakäyttö• viemäri• viljelemätön• asumaton• autio• autio maa• aavikko• törsätä• törsäys• väheneminen• kerskakulutus• leikkaushäviö• haaskata• haaskaaminen• haaskaus• menettää• tappio• ylijäämä• kulutus• kuihduttaa• kuona• kuluttaa• käyttää* * *weist 1. verb(to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) tuhlata2. noun1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) jäte2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) haaskaus3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) erämaa•- wastage- wasteful
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См. также в других словарях:
wastepaper — [wāst′pā΄pər] n. paper thrown away after use or as useless: also waste paper … English World dictionary
wastepaper — noun unwanted paper that has been discarded rather than recycled See Also: wastepaper basket, litter … Wiktionary
wastepaper — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun 1. a. : paper discarded as superfluous or not fit for a particular use but usually regarded as valuable raw material in some processes (as the manufacture of paperboard) b. : worthless paper invested in fraudulent stocks that… … Useful english dictionary
wastepaper basket — wastepaper baskets N COUNT A wastepaper basket is a container for rubbish, especially paper, which is usually placed on the floor in the corner of a room or next to a desk … English dictionary
wastepaper basket — UK [weɪs(t)ˈpeɪpə(r) ˌbɑːskɪt] / US [ˈweɪs(t)ˌpeɪpər ˌbæskət] noun [countable] Word forms wastepaper basket : singular wastepaper basket plural wastepaper baskets British a small open container for rubbish such as used paper … English dictionary
wastepaper bin — waste basket (N American), waste bin, wastepaper basket or wastepaper bin noun A basket or bin for holding discarded paper and other rubbish • • • Main Entry: ↑waste … Useful english dictionary
wastepaper basket — /ˈweɪstpeɪpə ˌbaskət/ (say waystpaypuh .bahskuht) noun a basket for wastepaper, or papers, scraps of paper, etc., to be disposed of as refuse. Also, wastebasket …
wastepaper — noun Date: 1567 paper discarded as used, superfluous, or not fit for use … New Collegiate Dictionary
wastepaper — /wayst pay peuhr/, n. paper thrown away as useless. [1575 85; WASTE + PAPER] * * * … Universalium
wastepaper — n. paper that is considered trash … English contemporary dictionary
wastepaper — waste•pa•per [[t]ˈweɪstˌpeɪ pər[/t]] n. paper discarded as useless • Etymology: 1575–85 … From formal English to slang
