GARBAGE - 12 definitions found
garbage n 1: food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) [syn: garbage, refuse, food waste, scraps] 2: a worthless message [syn: drivel, garbage] 3: a receptacle where waste can be discarded; "she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage" garbage 1422, originally "giblets of a fowl, waste parts of an animal," later confused with garble in its sense of "siftings, refuse." Many M.E. cookery terms came from Anglo-Fr., so perhaps it is related to O.Fr. jarbage "a bundle of sheaves, entrails," from P.Gmc. *garba-, from PIE *ghrebh- "a handful, a grasp." Sense of "refuse" is first attested 1583. Garbology "study of waste as a social science" is from 1976. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) garbage noun Etymology: Middle English, offal Date: 15th century 1. a. food waste b. discarded or useless material 2. a. trash 1b b. inaccurate or useless data Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary garbage 1. Garbage is rubbish, especially waste from a kitchen. (mainly AM) ...a garbage bag. ...rotting piles of garbage. N-UNCOUNT 2. If someone says that an idea or opinion is garbage, they are emphasizing that they believe it is untrue or unimportant. (INFORMAL) I personally think this is complete garbage... Furious government officials branded her story 'garbage'. = rubbish N-UNCOUNT [disapproval] English Explanatory Dictionary garbage ˈɡɑ:bɪdʒ n. 1 a refuse, filth. b domestic waste. 2 foul or rubbishy literature etc. øgarbage can US a dustbin. [AF: orig. unkn.] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Garbage \Gar"bage\ (?; 48), n. [OE. also garbash, perh. orig., that which is purged or cleansed away; cf. OF. garber to make fine, neat, OHG. garawan to make ready, prepare, akin to E. garb dress; or perh. for garbleage, fr. garble; or cf. OF. garbage tax on sheaves, E. garb sheaf.] Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or loathsome. --Grainger. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Garbage \Gar"bage\, v. t. To strip of the bowels; to clean. ``Pilchards . . . are garbaged.'' --Holland. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms garbage n. Refuse (of flesh), offal. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) garbage ˈɡɑ:bɪdʒ n. rubbish, refuse, waste, muck, offal, sweepings, swill, filth, slops, dross, scraps, junk, litter, debris, detritus, Chiefly US and Canadian trash, Slang crap: The garbage in the river is a health hazard. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 62 Moby Thesaurus words for "garbage": bilge, bilgewater, bones, carrion, chaff, crap, culm, deadwood, debris, detritus, dishwater, ditchwater, draff, dregs, dross, dust, filings, filth, gash, hogwash, husks, junk, kelter, leavings, lees, litter, muck, offal, offscourings, orts, parings, potsherds, rags, raspings, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, rubble, scourings, scrap iron, scraps, scum, scurf, sewage, sewerage, shards, shavings, slack, slag, slop, slops, slough, stubble, sweepings, swill, tares, trash, wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper, weeds |
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