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Garbage, trash, rubbish, or refuse is waste material that is discarded by humans, usually due to a perceived lack of utility. The term generally does not encompass bodily waste products, purely liquid or gaseous wastes, or toxic waste products. Garbage is commonly sorted and classified into kinds of material suitable for specific kinds of disposal.
Rubbish definition: Refuse; garbage. This cavity was filled with rubbish, sherds, &c., the latest of which was found to date as far back as the beginning of the Middle Minoan age, and the later work of 1908 only proved (by means of a small shaft sunk through the debris) that the rock floor was 52 ft.
Waste definition: to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander. See examples of WASTE used in a sentence.
Britannica Dictionary definition of RUBBISH. [+ object] British, informal. : to severely criticize (someone or something) The critics rubbished [= ( US) trashed] her new book. RUBBISH meaning: 1 : things that are no longer useful or wanted and that have been thrown out trash; 2 : words or ideas that are foolish or untrue.
TALK RUBBISH definition | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
Waste is defined as unwanted and unusable materials and is regarded as a substance which is of no use. Waste that we see in our surroundings is also known as garbage. Garbage is mainly considered as a solid waste that includes wastes from our houses (domestic waste), wastes from schools, offices, etc (municipal wastes) and wastes from industries and factories (industrial wastes).
waste: [noun] a sparsely settled or barren region : desert. uncultivated land. a broad and empty expanse (as of water).
