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gar·bage
(gär′bĭj)n.
1.
a. Food wastes, as from a kitchen.
b. Refuse; trash.
2. A place or receptacle where rubbish is discarded: tossed the apple core into the garbage.
3.
a. Worthless or nonsensical matter; rubbish: Their advice turned out to be nothing but garbage.
b. Inferior or offensive literary or artistic material.
[Middle English, offal from fowls.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
garbage
(ˈɡɑːbɪdʒ)n
1. worthless, useless, or unwanted matter
2. Also called: rubbish discarded or waste matter; refuse
3. (Computer Science) computing invalid data
4. informal nonsense
[C15: probably from Anglo-French garbelage removal of discarded matter, of uncertain origin; compare Old Italian garbuglio confusion]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
gar•bage
(ˈgɑr bɪdʒ)n.
1. discarded animal and vegetable matter, as from a kitchen.
2. any matter that is no longer wanted or needed; trash.
3. anything that is contemptibly worthless, inferior, or vile.
4. worthless talk or data.
[1400–50; late Middle English: discarded parts of butchered fowls; compare Middle English garbelage the removal of waste from spices (< Old French)]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Garbage
refuse in general; worthless literary matter.Examples: the garbage of any circulating library.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Noun | 1. | garbage - food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product - any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" |
2. | garbage - a worthless message bunkum, guff, hogwash, buncombe, rot, bunk - unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) codswallop, folderol, trumpery, wish-wash, applesauce, tripe, rubbish, trash - nonsensical talk or writing | |
3. | garbage - a receptacle where waste can be discarded; "she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage" receptacle - a container that is used to put or keep things in |
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garbage
noun
1. junk, rubbish, litter, trash (chiefly U.S.), refuse, waste, sweepings, scraps, debris, muck, filth, swill, slops, offal, detritus, dross, odds and ends, flotsam and jetsam, grot (slang), leavings, dreck (slang, chiefly U.S.), scourings, offscourings rotting piles of garbage
2. nonsense, balls (taboo slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo slang), rot, crap (slang), trash, bullshit (taboo slang), hot air (informal), tosh (informal), pap, cobblers (Brit. taboo slang), bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), gibberish, guff (slang), moonshine, claptrap (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), codswallop (Brit. slang), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), kak (S. African slang), stuff and nonsense, bunkum or buncombe (chiefly U.S.) I personally think the story is complete garbage.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
garbage
nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
زُبالَهللزُّبالَهنُفَايَة
odpadkyodpadkový
affaldskrald
jäätmed
آشخالآشغال
roskat
otpadsmeće
hulladékhulladék-konyhai hulladékszemét
rusl, sorprusla-, sorp-
ごみ
쓰레기
šiukšlių
atkritumiatkritumu-
odpadki
sopor
ขยะ
rác thải
garbage
[ˈgɑːbɪdʒ] (esp US)A. N (= refuse) → basura f; (= waste) → desperdicios mpl (fig) (= goods, film etc) → birria f, porquería f; (spoken, written) → bobadas fpl, tonterías fpl, disparates mpl
he talks a lot of garbage → dice muchas bobadas or tonterías
the book is garbage → la novela es una basura or birria or porquería
garbage in, garbage out (Comput) → basura entra, basura sale
he talks a lot of garbage → dice muchas bobadas or tonterías
the book is garbage → la novela es una basura or birria or porquería
garbage in, garbage out (Comput) → basura entra, basura sale
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
garbage
[ˈgɑːrbɪdʒ] n (fig) → conneries fpl garbage can n (US) → poubelle fgarbage chute n (US) → vide-ordures m invgarbage collector n (US) → éboueur mgarbage disposal n (= machine) → broyeur m d'orduresgarbage disposal unit n (US) → broyeur m d'orduresgarbage man n (US) → éboueur mgarbage shute n (US) → vide-ordures m invgarbage truck n (US) → camion m des éboueurs
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
garbage
n (lit: esp US) → Abfall m, → Müll m; (fig: = useless things) → Schund m, → Mist m (inf); (= nonsense) → Blödsinn m, → Quatsch m (inf); (Comput) → Garbage m; garbage in, garbage out (Comput) → garbage in, garbage out, Müll rein, Müll raus
garbage
:garbage can
n (US) → Müll- or Abfalleimer m; (outside) → Mülltonne f
garbage collector
garbage disposal unit
n (esp US) → Müllschlucker m
garbage man
n (US) = garbage collector
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
garbage
[ˈgɑːbɪdʒ] n (esp Am) → immondizie fpl, spazzatura, rifiuti mpl (fig) (film, book) → porcheria, robaccia; (nonsense) → fesserie fplCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
garbage
(ˈgaːbidʒ) noun (especially American) rubbish.
adjectiveThere is a garbage chute at the end of the corridor.
garbage can (American) a dustbin.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
garbage
→ نُفَايَة odpadky skrald Abfall σκουπίδια basura roskat déchets otpad immondizia ごみ 쓰레기 afval søppel śmieci lixo мусор sopor ขยะ çöp rác thải 垃圾Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009