different between wastebasket vs dumpster

English

Etymology

waste +? basket

Noun

wastebasket (plural wastebaskets)

1. A usually small indoor receptacle for items that are to be discarded; a rubbish bin.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:waste bin

Derived terms

• wastebasket taxon

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Verb

wastebasket (third-person singular simple present wastebaskets, present participle wastebasketing, simple past and past participle wastebasketed)

1. (transitive) To discard in a wastebasket.
   • ante 1924 (posthumous, died 1910): Mark Twain, Autobiography

     I was aweary, aweary, and I put it in the waste basket. Ten days later the bill came again, and with it a shadowy threat. I waste-basketed it.

See also

• wastepaper basket

English

Etymology

Genericized brand name, from blend of dump +? Dempster. The original brand (and some associated things) are no longer trademarked, because the three trademarks involved have either expired or been cancelled.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?mpst?/

Noun

dumpster (plural dumpsters)

1. (Canada, US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.
   • 2020 December, Dave Barry, "Year in review":

Synonyms

• skip (UK, Australia)
• communal bin (UK)

Derived terms

• dumpster diving
• dumpster fire
• cum dumpster

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