Basket (n.) A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven. |
Basket (n.) The contents of a basket |
Basket (n.) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital. |
Basket (n.) The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach. |
Basket (v. t.) To put into a basket. |
Blotting paper () A kind of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb superfluous ink from freshly written manuscript, and thus prevent blots. |
Buck-basket (n.) A basket in which clothes are carried to the wash. |
Casse Paper () Broken paper |
Note paper () Writing paper, not exceeding in size, when folded once, five by eight inches. |
Paper (n.) A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried. |
Paper (n.) A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance. |
Paper (n.) A printed or written instrument |
Paper (n.) A printed sheet appearing periodically |
Paper (n.) Negotiable evidences of indebtedness |
Paper (n.) Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. See Paper hangings, below. |
Paper (n.) A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity |
Paper (n.) A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application |
Paper (a.) Of or pertaining to paper |
Paper (v. t.) To cover with paper |
Paper (v. t.) To fold or inclose in paper. |
Paper (v. t.) To put on paper |
Touch-paper (n.) Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like. |
Waste (a.) Desolate |
Waste (a.) Lying unused |
Waste (a.) Lost for want of occupiers or use |
Waste (a.) To bring to ruin |
Waste (a.) To wear away by degrees |
Waste (a.) To spend unnecessarily or carelessly |
Waste (a.) To damage, impair, or injure, as an estate, voluntarily, or by suffering the buildings, fences, etc., to go to decay. |
Waste (v. i.) To be diminished |
Waste (v. i.) To procure or sustain a reduction of flesh |
Waste (v.) The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted |
Waste (v.) That which is wasted or desolate |
Waste (v.) That which is of no value |
Waste (v.) Spoil, destruction, or injury, done to houses, woods, fences, lands, etc., by a tenant for life or for years, to the prejudice of the heir, or of him in reversion or remainder. |
Waste (v.) Old or abandoned workings, whether left as vacant space or filled with refuse. |
Wastebasket (n.) A basket used in offices, libraries, etc., as a receptacle for waste paper. |
basket field goal | a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop |
laying waste ruin ruining ruination wrecking | destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined |
paper chase hare and hounds | an outdoor game, one group of players (the hares) start off on a long run scattering bits of paper (the scent) and pursuers (the hounds) try to catch them before they reach a designated spot |
canasta basket rummy meld | a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers, jokers and deuces are wild, the object is to form groups of the same rank |
paper route | the job of delivering newspapers regularly |
waste wastefulness dissipation | useless or profitless activity, using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly, if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste, mindless dissipation of natural resources |
waste of effort waste of energy | a useless effort |
waste of material | a useless consumption of material |
waste of money | money spent for inadequate return, the senator said that the project was a waste of money |
waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
waste permissive waste | (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect |
Venus's flower basket | a deep-water marine sponge having a cylindrical skeleton of intricate glassy latticework, found in the waters of the East Indies and the eastern coast of Asia |
paper nautilus nautilus Argonaut Argonauta argo | cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells |
paper wasp | any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paper |
basket star basket fish | any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc |
basket handbasket | a container that is usually woven and has handles |
basket basketball hoop hoop | horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball |
basket hilt | a hilt with a basket-shaped guard for the hand |
basket weave | a cloth woven of two or more threads interlaced to suggest the weave of a basket |
bushel basket | a basket large enough to hold a bushel |
clothes hamper laundry basket clothes basket voider | a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried |
Dixie cup paper cup | a disposable cup made of paper, for holding drinks |
drain drainpipe waste pipe | a pipe through which liquid is carried away |
drain basket | a filter in a sink drain, traps debris but passes water |
in-basket in-tray | a wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your incoming material |
letter opener paper knife paperknife | dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books |
litterbin litter basket litter-basket | bin (usually in or outside a public building) into which the public can put rubbish |
masking tape masking paper | adhesive tape used to cover the part of a surface that should not be painted |
newspaper paper | the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher, when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper |
out-basket out-tray | a wood or metal receptacle placed on your desk to hold your outgoing material |
paperback book paper-back book paperback softback book softback softover book softover | a book with paper covers |
paper chain | a chain made of loops of colored paper, used to decorate a room |
paper clip paperclip gem clip | a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together, the paper clip was invented in |
paper cutter | a cutting implement for cutting sheets of paper to the desired size |
paper doll | a piece of paper cut or folded into the shape of a human being |
paper fastener | a fastener for holding a sheet of paper in place |
paper feed | a device for inserting sheets of paper into a printer or typewriter, the job was delayed because the paper feed was clogged |
paper mill | a mill where paper is manufactured |
paper plate | a disposable plate made of cardboard |
paper towel | a disposable towel made of absorbent paper |
photographic paper photographic material | light-sensitive paper on which photograph can be printed |
sack poke paper bag carrier bag | a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases |
sewing basket | a workbasket in which sewing materials can be stored |
shopping basket | a handbasket used to carry goods while shopping |
slip slip of paper | a small sheet of paper, a receipt slip |
test paper | paper impregnated with an indicator for use in chemical tests |
threeentered arch basket-handle arch | a round arch whose inner curve is drawn with circles having three centers |
wastepaper basket waste-paper basket wastebasket waste basket circular file | a container with an open top, for discarded paper and other rubbish |
wicker basket | a basket made of wickerwork |
thriftlessness waste wastefulness | the trait of wasting resources, a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste, the wastefulness of missed opportunities |