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garbage collector

garbage collector noun: a worker who removes refuse, especially from properties.

Noun

garbage collector (plural garbage collectors)

  1. (Canada, US) A worker who removes refuse, especially from properties.
    • the mayor of Maycomb asked us to please help the garbage collector by dumping our own trees and trash.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    bin man
  2. An algorithm, procedure or thread dedicated to garbage collection: reclaiming resources which are no longer in use.
    • Java uses a technique known as garbage collection to remove objects that are no longer needed. The garbage collector is Java's grim reaper.2002, Patrick Niemeyer, Jonathan Knudsen, Learning Java, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 135

garbage collector meaning in Arabic

garbage collector in Arabic

worker
جَامِع الْمُخَلَّفَات jāmiʕ al-muḵallafāt, جَامِعَة الْمُخَلَّفَات

Synonyms of garbage collector

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Forms of garbage collector

pluralgarbage collectors
alternative formgarbage-collector

Questions about garbage collector

What does garbage collector mean?
Garbage collector means a worker who removes refuse, especially from properties.
What is garbage collector in Arabic?
Garbage collector in Arabic is جَامِع الْمُخَلَّفَات (jāmiʕ al-muḵallafāt), جَامِعَة الْمُخَلَّفَات. See Garbage collector meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is garbage collector?
Garbage collector is a noun.
What is the plural of garbage collector?
The plural of garbage collector is garbage collectors.

Words near garbage collector in the dictionary

  1. garbage chutes
  2. garbage collect
  3. garbage collected
  4. garbage collection
  5. garbage collections
  6. garbage collector
  7. garbage collectors
  8. garbage day
  9. garbage days
  10. garbage disposal
  11. garbage disposal unit

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