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garburator

garburator noun: synonym of garbage disposal.

Noun

garburator (plural garburators)

  1. (Canada, UK) Synonym of garbage disposal.
    • ‘[…] She burped and tried to jam the bottle into the waste-hole of the waste-disposal thing, the thingummy.’
      ‘Garburator,’ said Pigs Trotter. ‘I think they’re called Garburators.’
      ‘Garburator, that’s it. She tried to jam the bottle down the Garburator.[…]’1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section III, page 28

Synonyms of garburator

Forms of garburator

pluralgarburators
alternative formgarbarator
alternative formgarberator
alternative formGarberator

Origin of garburator

Blend of garbage + incinerator. First attested in c. 1947 in the Winnipeg Tribune.

Words formed from garburator

Questions about garburator

What does garburator mean?
Garburator means synonym of garbage disposal.
What part of speech is garburator?
Garburator is a noun.
What is the plural of garburator?
The plural of garburator is garburators.

Words near garburator in the dictionary

  1. garburate
  2. garburated
  3. garburates
  4. garburating
  5. garburation
  6. garburator
  7. garburators
  8. garbure
  9. garbures
  10. Garbutt
  11. garce

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