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garbage

gar·bage
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [gahr-bij]
    • /ˈgɑr bɪdʒ/
    • /ˈɡɑːbɪdʒ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [gahr-bij]
    • /ˈgɑr bɪdʒ/

Definitions of garbage word

  • noun garbage discarded animal and vegetable matter, as from a kitchen; refuse. 1
  • noun garbage any matter that is no longer wanted or needed; trash. 1
  • noun garbage anything that is contemptibly worthless, inferior, or vile: There's nothing but garbage on TV tonight. 1
  • noun garbage worthless talk; lies; foolishness. 1
  • noun garbage Slang. any unnecessary item added to something else, as for appearance only; garnish: I'll have an Old Fashioned, but without the garbage. 1
  • noun garbage useless artificial satellites or parts of rockets floating in space, as satellites that are no longer transmitting information or rocket boosters jettisoned in flight. 1

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Origin of garbage

First appearance:

before 1400
One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English: discarded parts of butchered fowls; compared with garbelage the removal of waste from spices (< Anglo-French, Old French; see garble, -age) or Old French garbage tax on sheaves of grain, though shift of sense, and form in first case, is unclear

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Garbage

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

garbage popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for garbage

noun garbage

  • junk — narcotics, especially heroin.
  • trash — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
  • filth — offensive or disgusting dirt or refuse; foul matter: the filth dumped into our rivers.
  • swill — liquid or partly liquid food for animals, especially kitchen refuse given to swine; hogwash.
  • scrap — a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.

interjection garbage

  • bosh — empty or meaningless talk or opinions; nonsense

adjective garbage

  • grody — repulsive; disgusting; nauseating.
  • irrelative — not relative; without relation (usually followed by to).
  • inconsonant — not consonant or in accord.
  • unfitting — suitable or appropriate; proper or becoming.
  • left field — Baseball. the area of the outfield to the left of center field, as viewed from home plate. the position of the player covering this area.

Antonyms for garbage

noun garbage

  • cleanliness — Cleanliness is the degree to which people keep themselves and their surroundings clean.
  • sense — any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready.
  • purity — the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.: the purity of drinking water.

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