garbidge

Noun

garbage (uncountable)

1. (Australia, Canada, US) Food waste material of any kind.

   Synonyms:

   gubbins, leftovers, orts, scraps

2. (Australia, Canada, Cumbria, England, US, archaic) Foul, rotten or unripe vegetable matter.
3. (Australia, Canada, US) Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.
   • The garbage truck collects all residential municipal waste.

   Synonyms:

   junk, refuse, rubbish, trash, waste, cultch, crap, debris, dreck, drek

4. (Australia, Canada, US) Specifically, waste material destined not to be reclaimed through recycling, composting, etc.
   • Compost goes in the brown bin and is picked up Monday, recycling goes in blue bags and is picked up Wednesday, and garbage goes in black bags and is picked up Thursday.

   Antonyms:

   recyclable

5. (Australia, Canada, US) A place or receptacle for waste material.
   • He threw the newspaper into the garbage.

   Synonyms:

   bin, trash

6. (Australia, Canada, US) Nonsense; gibberish.
   • This machine translation is garbage.

   Synonyms:

   double Dutch, flim-flam, mumbo jumbo, absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apple grease, applesauce, bafflegab, balderdash

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