GARBAGE

garbage

(noun) a receptacle where waste can be discarded; “she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage”

drivel, garbage

(noun) a worthless message

garbage, refuse, food waste, scraps

(noun) food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

garbage (uncountable) (chiefly, US, Canada, Australia)

Food waste material of any kind.

Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.

A place or receptacle for waste material.

Nonsense; gibberish.

(often, attributively) Something or someone worthless.

(obsolete) The bowels of an animal; refuse parts of flesh; offal.

Synonyms

• junk, refuse, rubbish, trash, waste

• See also trash

Antonyms

• artifact, asset, catch, find, prize, recyclable, resource, treasure, valuable

Verb

garbage (third-person singular simple present garbages, present participle garbaging, simple past and past participle garbaged)

(transitive, chiefly, US, Canada, obsolete) to eviscerate

Synonyms: disembowel, eviscerate, gut

Adjective

garbage (not comparable)

(informal) bad, crap, shitty

Source: Wiktionary

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Gar"bage (; 48), n. Etym: [OE. also garbash, perh. orig., that which is purged or cleansed away; cf. OF. garber to make fine, neat, OHG. garawan to make ready, prepare, akin to E. garb dress; or perh. for garbleage, fr. garble; or cf. OF. garbage tax on sheaves, E. garb sheaf.]

Definition: Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or loathsome. Grainger.

Gar"bage, v. t.

Definition: To strip of the bowels; to clean. "Pilchards . . . are garbaged." Holland.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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