A wastebasket, as used to discard trash in an office. Generally depicted as a silver, wire-mesh container. Also known as a wastepaper basket, trash/garbage can, or rubbish bin.
Commonly used for various content concerning literal and figurative waste. May also be used in the context of basketball. Sometimes paired with 🔥 Fire as a visual representation of the slang expression dumpster fire ("chatoic situation").
Samsung’s design previously depicted a metal can/bin with a lid, as used for outdoor garbage—or lived in by Oscar the Grouch. Not to be confused with 🧺 Basket.
Emoji | 🗑️ |
Unicode Name | Wastebasket |
Apple Name | Wastebasket |
Also Known As | Garbage Can, Rubbish Bin, Trash Can, Wastepaper Basket |
Codepoints | U+1F5D1, U+FE0F |
Language | Name |
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Bengali | নর ফলর ঝড |
Danish | papirkurv |
German | papierkorb |
English | wastebasket |
Spanish | papelera |
French | corbeille à papiers |
Hindi | कचर पट |
Italian | cestino |
Japanese | ごみ箱 |
Korean | 쓰레기통 |
Marathi | कचरपट |
Malay | tong sampah |
Dutch | prullenmand |
Norwegian | papirkurv |
Portuguese | lixeira |
Swedish | papperskorg |
Tamil | கபபத தடட |
Telugu | చతత బటట |
Chinese | 垃圾桶 |