garbage
/'gɑ:bidʤ/
Definition
- Noun:
- Waste material, especially domestic refuse: "Garbage" primarily refers to discarded or useless material, particularly household waste.
- Something worthless or nonsensical: "Garbage" can also describe ideas, information, or talk that is considered worthless, false, or stupid.
- Food waste: Specifically, "garbage" often denotes discarded or leftover food, especially from a kitchen.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- Please take the kitchen garbage out to the bin.
- His argument was complete garbage and not based on any facts.
- The city collects garbage every Tuesday morning.
Advanced Usage
"Garbage in, garbage out" (GIGO): A principle in computing and information science meaning that flawed or nonsense input data produces nonsense output.
- If you don't verify your sources, your report will be a case of garbage in, garbage out.
"Talk garbage": To speak nonsense or say things that are not true or sensible.
- Don't listen to him; he's just talking garbage again.
Variants and Related Words
Garbage can / Garbage bin (n): A container for holding waste.
- The garbage can is full and needs to be emptied.
Garbage collector / Garbageman (n): A person employed to collect household waste.
- The garbage collector comes early in the morning.
Garbage disposal (n): An electric device installed under a kitchen sink to grind up food waste.
- Don't put celery stalks down the garbage disposal.
Synonyms
- Trash: Waste material; also used figuratively for something worthless.
- Rubbish: Waste material (common in British English); also used for nonsense.
- Refuse: A formal term for waste matter.
- Junk: Old or discarded articles that are considered useless or of little value.
Related Phrases
- Garbage down (phrasal verb): To eat food very quickly and without manners.
- The kids garbaged down their pizza and ran outside to play.
Related Idioms
- Good riddance to bad garbage: An expression of relief at getting rid of something or someone unwanted. (A variation of "Good riddance to bad rubbish.")
- He finally moved out? Good riddance to bad garbage!
Noun
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a receptacle where waste can be discarded
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she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage
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a worthless message
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food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
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