How many syllables in wastebasket?

There are 4 syllables in the word wastebasket.

How to pronounce wastebasket:

wastebasket (noun):: a receptacle for refuse and especially for wastepaper; any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another).

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