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   gar·bage

   /ˈɡärbij/

   noun

   • 1. wasted or spoiled food and other refuse, as from a kitchen or household: North American "garbage littered the estate" Similar refusedomestic refusewastewaste materialdebrisdetrituslitterjunkscrapdiscarded matterfilthswillmuckdrossscrapsscouringsleftoversremainsslopsrubbishtrashmullockinformal:drekdreckgrotgashdebitagerare:draffraffleraffcultchorts
   • ▪ a thing that is considered worthless or meaningless: North American "a store full of overpriced garbage" Similar nonsensebalderdashgibberishblarneyclaptrapguffblatherbletherrubbishinformal:hogwashbaloneytripedrivelgobbledygookbilgeboshbullbunkhot aireyewashpifflepoppycockphooeyhooeymalarkeytwaddledribblerotcobblerscodswallopcockstuff and nonsensetoshdouble Dutchflannelwafflehaversflapdoodleblatherswackbushwaapplesaucebellywashinformal, dated:bunkumtommyrotcodgammontoffeevulgar slang:shitbullshitcrapbollocksballscrapolabulldustOpposite sense
   • ▪ unwanted data in a computer's memory. North American

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘offal’): from Anglo-Norman French, of unknown ultimate origin.

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › garbageGarbage Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   1. a. : food waste. b. : discarded or useless material. 2. a. : trash sense 1b. b. : inaccurate or useless data. Synonyms. chaff. deadwood. debris. dreck. drek. dross. dust. effluvium. effluvia. junk. litter. offal. offscouring. raffle. refuse.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGARBAGE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   GARBAGE definition: 1. waste material or unwanted things that you throw away 2. nonsense or stupid ideas: 3. waste…. Learn more.

4. www.dictionary.com › browse › garbageGARBAGE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   noun. discarded animal and vegetable matter, as from a kitchen; refuse. any matter that is no longer wanted or needed; trash. a bin or other receptacle for discarded matter, especially kitchen waste; garbage can: Hey, who threw my leftover pizza in the garbage?

5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › garbageGarbage - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   Definitions of garbage. noun. worthless material that is to be disposed of. synonyms: refuse, rubbish, scrap, trash. see more. noun. food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) synonyms: food waste, refuse, scraps. see more. noun. a receptacle where waste can be discarded. “she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage ” see more. noun.

6. www.thefreedictionary.com › garbageGarbage - definition of garbage by The Free Dictionary

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   1. discarded animal and vegetable matter, as from a kitchen. 2. any matter that is no longer wanted or needed; trash.

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › GarbageGarbage - Wikipedia

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   Garbage, trash (American English), rubbish (British English), 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.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishgarbage noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   Inside the home, garbage tends to mean waste food and other wet material, while trash is paper, card and dry material. In British English , you put your rubbish in a dustbin in the street to be collected by the dustmen .