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noun
- 1. wasted or spoiled food and other refuse, as from a kitchen or household: North American "garbage littered the estate" Similar
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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.
GARBAGE definition: 1. waste material or unwanted things that you throw away 2. nonsense or stupid ideas: 3. waste…. Learn more.
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?
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.
1. discarded animal and vegetable matter, as from a kitchen. 2. any matter that is no longer wanted or needed; trash.
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.
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 .