About The Word Garbage

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Garbage

Garbage Meaning & Definition
Garbage Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Garbage?

[n] food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Garbage: food waste | refuse | scraps

Related Terms | Find terms related to Garbage: bilge | bilgewater | bones | carrion | chaff | crap | culm | deadwood | debris | detritus | dishwater | ditchwater | draff | dregs | dross | dust | filings | filth | gash | hogwash | husks | junk | kelter | leavings | lees | litter | muck | offal | offscourings | orts | parings | potsherds | rags | raspings | refuse | riffraff | rubbish | rubble | scourings | scrap iron | scraps | scum | scurf | sewage | sewerage | shards | shavings | slack | slag | slop | slops | slough | stubble | sweepings | swill | tares | trash | wastage | waste | waste matter | wastepaper | weeds

See Also | waste | waste material | waste matter | waste product

Garbage In Webster's Dictionary

\Gar"bage\ (?; 48), n. [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.] 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. To strip of the bowels; to clean. ``Pilchards . . . are garbaged.'' --Holland.

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