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
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.
• junk, refuse, rubbish, trash, waste
• See also trash
• artifact, asset, catch, find, prize, recyclable, resource, treasure, valuable
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
garbage (not comparable)
(informal) bad, crap, shitty
Source: Wiktionary
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
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
