Word: Garbage

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɑːrbɪdʒ/

Definitions

• Noun: (1) Waste material, typically consisting of household refuse, that is discarded as useless or unwanted. For example: “The garbage truck comes every Tuesday to collect our trash.”
  • (2) Something regarded as worthless, meaningless, or contemptible; rubbish. For example: “His theories about time travel are just garbage.”

Phrases

• “Take out the garbage”: This means to remove household waste from inside the house and put it in a designated area for collection.
• “Garbage in, garbage out”: A computing principle stating that flawed input will result in flawed output; also used metaphorically to describe how the quality of information produced depends on the quality of information provided.
• “Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater”: An idiomatic expression warning against discarding valuable things while getting rid of unwanted things, similar to not throwing away useful items in the garbage accidentally.

Example Sentences

• Noun (refuse): “We need to separate recyclables from the rest of the garbage before disposal.”
• Noun (worthless matter): “The novel was filled with so much unnecessary detail; it felt like wading through garbage to find the plot.”

Synonyms

• Rubbish
• Trash
• Waste
• Refuse
• Junk
• Debris
• Discards
• Litter
• Spoil
• Offal (for food waste)