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 wastebasket wastebasket /ˈweɪstˌbæskət/

noun

  1. () A container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish  ( circular file , waste basket , waste-paper basket , wastebasket , wastepaper basket )
    a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish
     I need to empty the wastebasket, it's overflowing with trash
    I need to empty the wastebasket, it's overflowing with trash


 fingerroot fingerroot /ˈfɪŋɡərruːt/

noun

  1. Tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock  ( common foxglove , Digitalis purpurea , fairy bell , finger-flower , finger-root , fingerflower , fingerroot )
    tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock


 Plautus Plautus /ˈplɔːtəs/

noun

  1. A genus of Alcidae  ( genus Plautus , Plautus )
    a genus of Alcidae
  2. Comic dramatist of ancient Rome (253?-184 BC)  ( Plautus , Titus Maccius Plautus )
    comic dramatist of ancient Rome (253?-184 BC)


 lichgate lichgate /ˈlɪtʃɡeɪt/

noun

  1. A roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used as a temporary shelter for the bier during funerals  ( lichgate , lychgate )
    a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used as a temporary shelter for the bier during funerals