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

  • (..) I don't know why, maybe it just came out, how Anthony has the intelligence of a dolphin. So... what am i gonna do? throw all this unsold fish, which is the BBB-level of bond, in the garbage? and take the loss? No way! Being a crafty and morally honorous chef that i am... (..)
    2015 The Big Short