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1 waste
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.) kaste bort, sløse, ødelegge2. noun1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) avfall(sprodukt), skrap, søppel2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) sløsing, sløseri3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) øde-/villmark•- wastage- wasteful
- wastefully
- wastefulness
- waste paper
- wastepaper basket
- waste pipe
- waste awayavfall--------sløsingIsubst. \/weɪst\/1) sløseri, sløsing, ødselhet2) avfall, skrot, søppel, rester3) feilgods, vrakgods4) ( typografi) makulatur5) spill, svinn, bortfall6) ( også waste pipe) avløpsrør7) ødemark, villmark, vidde8) ødeleggelse, herjing9) nedsliting, avsliping10) forfall, forringelse (jus)go to waste gå til spillewaste of sløsing med, (noe) bortkastet• what a waste of money!IIverb \/weɪst\/1) sløse med, la gå til spille, kaste bort, gå tapt2) gå til spille, sløses med, renne bort3) forsømme, forspille4) ( litterært) ødelegge, herje, plyndre5) tære på, fortæres, svekke, uttære6) ( gammeldags) forbruke (penger), fordrive (tid), tilbringe (tid)7) ( jus) la forfalle, vanskjøtte, forringe8) ( litterært) svinne9) ( slang) drepe11) tømmes, utømmes, krympe (sammen), tørke utbe wasted være bortkastet, være til ingen nyttegå tapt, gå til spille( slang) være dritings, være snydens fullwaste away tære bort, fortæres, svekkes, svinne henwasted by herjet av, svekket avwaste not, want not ( ordtak) den som sparer, den harwaste one's breath tale for døve ørerwaste words tale for døve ører prate uten stansIIIadj. \/weɪst\/1) øde, brakk, udyrket2) avfalls-, spill-lay waste herje, ødelegge, legge i ruinerlie waste ligge øde -
2 wastepaper basket
'weispeipə (a basket or other (small) container for waste paper: Put those old letters in the wastepaper basket.) papirkurvsubst. \/ˈweɪs(t)peɪpə(r)ˌbɑːskɪt\/ eller wastebasket(amer.) papirkurv -
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forkortelse for waste-paper basket
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waste-paper basket — is the BrE term; in AmE it is wastebasket … Modern English usage
waste-paper basket — noun a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish • Syn: ↑wastepaper basket, ↑wastebasket, ↑waste basket, ↑circular file • Hypernyms: ↑container … Useful english dictionary
waste-paper basket — noun chiefly Brit. a receptacle for small quantities of rubbish … English new terms dictionary
waste paper — noun Waste paper is used before these nouns: ↑basket, ↑bin … Collocations dictionary
waste basket — noun a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish • Syn: ↑wastepaper basket, ↑waste paper basket, ↑wastebasket, ↑circular file • Hypernyms: ↑container * * * waste basket (N American … Useful english dictionary
Waste container — For the software component, see Recycle bin (computing). A collection of movable waste containers in Australia A waste container is a container for temporarily storing waste, and is usually made out of metal or plastic. Common terms are dustbin,… … Wikipedia
waste — v., adj., & n. v. 1 tr. use to no purpose or for inadequate result or extravagantly (waste time). 2 tr. fail to use (esp. an opportunity). 3 tr. (often foll. by on) give (advice etc.), utter (words etc.), without effect. 4 tr. & intr. wear… … Useful english dictionary
basket — noun 1 container ADJECTIVE ▪ bamboo, plastic, straw, wicker, wire, woven, etc. ▪ laundry, sewing … Collocations dictionary
waste — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 missing an opportunity to do/use sth ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, complete, total, utter ▪ The whole thing has been a complete waste of time. ▪ big, colossal … Collocations dictionary
waste — {{11}}waste (n.) c.1200, desolate regions, from O.Fr. wast, from L. vastum, neut. of vastus waste (see WASTE (Cf. waste) (v.)); replacing O.E. westen, woesten a desert, wilderness, from the Latin word. Meaning useless expenditure is recorded from … Etymology dictionary
waste basket — Basket Bas ket, n. [Of unknown origin. The modern Celtic words seem to be from the English.] 1. A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven. Rude baskets . . . woven of the flexile willow … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
