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Meanings of garbage in English

Portuguese
resíduos
Catalan
deixalles
Wikidata

Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

resíduos
Wikidata

Unwanted or undesired material, usually discarded.

Synonyms
Examples for "waste"
Examples for "waste"
1
In Europe alone we waste 90 million tonnes of food a year.
The Irish Times
2
More funding is being proposed to tackle New Zealand's growing waste problem.
Radio NZ
3
Examples of action that can be taken include: -Household food waste.
The Guardian
4
Earlier this year China decided to stop taking any more foreign waste.
Radio NZ
5
The economic crisis is rooted in decades of state corruption and waste.
Reuters
1
Richard Burton Photo: Creative commons We think; therefore, we often talk rubbish.
Radio NZ
2
Some of the rubbish fell in the water just astern of us.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
3
He was out in the yard clearing up the brush-heaps and rubbish.
De La Salle Fifth Reader
4
Her sandaled feet lightly disturbed the rubbish on the floor; dust rose.
Darkness and Dawn
5
Nets, barriers and rubbish-fishing vessels are likely to provide a temporary fix.
The Guardian
1
This trash-talking African-American style has rubbed many Australians up the wrong way.
The Guardian
2
Never mind if it is trash now; their tastes will insensibly alter.
Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge ...
3
He saw mounds of dirt and trash that were in this street.
Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
4
Women now have the opportunity to sweep them into the trash heap.
Woman and the New Race
5
Dodsworth is not the only one rebutting Jobs' strange trash-talking of Android.
Wired
Portuguese
bobagem
Catalan
fotesa
Spanish
sandeces

A worthless message.

bobagem

Worthless object of bad quality.

Usage of garbage in English
1
The worms will simply continue eating the garbage left in the bin.
Organic Gardener's Composting
2
I should go to the garbage-heap, a quarter-mile off in the forest.
Johnny Bear, and Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted
3
They left presently, and went down the garbage-strewn lane towards the car.
A Town like Alice
4
There may they follow their prey; here is no garbage for them.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3
5
As Kim ran down the garbage-strewn path between two shacks Leng followed.
Mass Effect: Deception
6
The garbage man rang his bell and you brought out your pail.
A Little Girl in Old New York
7
Naturally, some weeks more garbage will go into the box than others.
Organic Gardener's Composting
8
Miles wasn't going to fool around with any of that street garbage.
Terminal Compromise
9
After all, if worms eat my garbage, they will eat yours, too.
Organic Gardener's Composting
10
They're just like the vultures-easyto catch, because they're full of garbage.
David Elginbrod
11
Yesterday, he saw my home pregnancy test results in the bathroom garbage.
From dawn to deceit
12
He had gone there to lend support to striking city garbage workers.
Wired
13
Its services include special steel melting, recovery of copper, garbage processing etc.
Reuters
14
However, we were able to siphon out the garbage in his lungs.
Fire Season
15
They deployed soldiers to clear garbage and put out a fire there.
Reuters
16
Good To-Go Dehydrated Meals Most freeze-dried camp food tastes like clammy garbage.
Wired
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Garbage through the time
Garbage across language varieties
Australia
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common
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