Container and Wastebasket

Container

Container noun - Any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another).
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Wastebasket and container are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wastebasket" instead a noun "Container".

Wastebasket

Wastebasket noun - A container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish.
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Container and wastebasket are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Container" instead a noun "Wastebasket".
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Wastebasket and Container. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/container/wastebasket
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