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garbage patches

garbage patches is the plural of garbage patch.

Meaning of garbage patch

Noun

garbage patch (plural garbage patches)

  1. (Australia, Canada, US) A piece of land used for dumping rubbish.
  2. A gyre of marine debris particles caused by the effects of ocean currents and increasing plastic pollution by humans.
    • A reconnaissance flight taken in a modified C-130 Hercules aircraft found a vast clump of mainly plastic waste at the northern edge of what is known as the “great Pacific garbage patch”, located between Hawaii and California.2016 October 4, Oliver Milman, “‘Great Pacific garbage patch’ far bigger than imagined, aerial survey shows”, in The Guardian

Questions about garbage patches

What is garbage patches the plural of?
Garbage patches is the plural of garbage patch.

Words near garbage patches in the dictionary

  1. garbage pail
  2. garbage pails
  3. garbage panda
  4. garbage pandas
  5. garbage patch
  6. garbage patches
  7. garbage picking
  8. garbage plate
  9. garbage plates
  10. garbage scow
  11. garbage scows

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