๐๏ธ Wastebasket
Emoji Meaning
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 ๐ฅ 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 ๐งบ Basket.
Wastebasket was approved as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
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Also Known As
- ๐๏ธ Garbage Can
- ๐๏ธ Rubbish Bin
- ๐๏ธ Trash Can
- ๐๏ธ Wastepaper Basket
Apple Name
๐๏ธ Wastebasket
Codepoints
Shortcodes
- :wastebasket: (Github, Slack, Emojipedia)
See also
- ๐งผ Soap
- ๐งบ Basket
- ๐ Basketball
- ๐งน Broom
- ๐๏ธ Card File Box
- ๐๏ธ Clamp
- ๐ฏ No Littering
- ๐๏ธ File Cabinet
- ๐ฅ Fire
- โฑ๏ธ Funeral Urn
- ๐๏ธ Linked Paperclips
- โน๏ธโโ๏ธ Man Bouncing Ball
- ๐จโ๐ผ Man Office Worker
- ๐ข Office Building
- ๐ข๏ธ Oil Drum
- ๐ฎ Litter in Bin Sign
- ๐ฆ Raccoon
- ๐๏ธ Rolled-Up Newspaper
- ๐งฝ Sponge
- ๐ฝ Toilet
- โน๏ธโโ๏ธ Woman Bouncing Ball
- ๐ฉโ๐ผ Woman Office Worker
Browse
- ๐๏ธ on Instagram
- ๐๏ธ on Twitter
- ๐๏ธ on Wikipedia
- ๐๏ธ on Yelp
- ๐๏ธ on YouTube
- ๐๏ธ on Google Trends
- ๐๏ธ on Nomad List
Proposals
- ๐๏ธ Wastebasket Emoji Proposal: L2/11-052