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wastepaper

US/ˈweɪstˌpeɪpɚ/

wastepaper noun: unwanted paper that has been discarded.

Noun

wastepaper (countable and uncountable, plural wastepapers)

  1. Unwanted paper that has been discarded.

wastepaper meaning in Marathi and Urdu

wastepaper in Marathi

wastepaper, especially old newspapers, magazines, books, or other paper discarded for recycling or sale
रद्दी raddī

Forms of wastepaper

pluralwastepapers

Origin of wastepaper

From waste + paper.

Words formed from wastepaper

Phrases with wastepaper

Questions about wastepaper

What does wastepaper mean?
Wastepaper means unwanted paper that has been discarded.
What is wastepaper in Marathi?
Wastepaper in Marathi is रद्दी (raddī). See Wastepaper meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is wastepaper?
Wastepaper is a noun.
How do you pronounce wastepaper?
Wastepaper is pronounced /ˈweɪstˌpeɪpɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of wastepaper?
The plural of wastepaper is wastepapers.

Words near wastepaper in the dictionary

  1. Wasteneys
  2. wastening
  3. wastens
  4. wasteoid
  5. wasteoids
  6. wastepaper
  7. wastepaper basket
  8. wastepaper baskets
  9. wastepaper bin
  10. wastepaper bins
  11. wastepapers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wastepaper (page history and authors); रद्दी (Marathi) (page history and authors); wastepaper (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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