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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

  • (..) UnfortunateIy, I don't feeI the same about the rest of your organisation. What do you mean by that, Mr. Sosa? I'm taIking about Omar Suarez. This garbage was recognised by my associate at Iunch... He was an informer for the poIice. SOSA: He put Vito DuvaI and NeIIo and Gino Ramos away for Iife. (..)
    1983 Scarface