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Definition 2024

wastepaper

wastepaper

English

Noun

wastepaper ‎(countable and uncountable, plural wastepapers)

unwanted paper that has been discarded rather than recycled

Translations

unwanted paper that has been discarded

Chinese:
Mandarin: 廢紙 (zh), 废纸 (zh) ‎(fèizhǐ)
Czech: makulatura (cs) f
Dutch: oudpapier n
Finnish: jätepaperi (fi)
French: vieux papiers m pl, maculature (fr) f

Georgian: მაკულატურა ‎(maḳulaṭura)
German: Altpapier (de) n, Makulatur (de) f
Japanese: 紙屑 (ja) ‎(かみくず, kamikuzu), 屑紙 ‎(くずかみ, kuzukami)
Polish: makulatura (pl) f
Russian: макулату́ра (ru) f ‎(makulatúra)

Derived terms

wastepaper basket

See also

litter