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garbage

Definition

  • noun: things that are no longer useful or wanted and that have been thrown out
  • noun: food waste
  • often used to refer specifically to food waste that is being thrown out
  • synonyms: trash, clean, waste

Examples

  • Maybe you should read a book instead of watching that 'garbage' [='rubbish'] on TV.

  • If you ask me, what he said is a bunch/load of 'garbage'.

  • Raccoons were going through the 'garbage'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Oh, girls! What are you doing here? Well, we thought we'd come visit you at work. So, you're saving the world in a garbage can? Funny. Hey! There you are. Oh. Who's this? Lucy, these are my girls, Margo, Edith and Agnes. (..)
    2013 Despicable Me 2