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garbage

noun

1 garbage

Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen).

synonyms: food waste, refuse, scraps.

Roget 653: uncleanness etc. adj.; impurity; immundity, immundicity; impurity etc. 961 [of mind]. defilement, contamination etc. v.; ... show more

Roget 782: relinquishment, abandonment etc. (of a course) 624; renunciation, expropriation, dereliction; cession, surrender, dispensation; quitclaim deed; resignation ... show more

Roget 517: meaninglessness, unmeaningness etc. adj.; scrabble.    empty sound, dead letter, vox et praeterea nihil [Lat.]; a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing;" sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal.   " nonsense, utter nonsense, gibberish; ... show more

Roget 812b: worthlessness, valuelessness; lack of value; uselessness.    [low value] cheapness, shoddiness; low quality, poor quality.    [worthless item] trash, garbage.   

Dutch: vuilnis

2 garbage

A worthless message.

synonym: drivel.

3 garbage

A receptacle where waste can be discarded.

Dutch: huisvuil, vuil, afval


Moby thesaurus: bilge, bilgewater, bones, carrion, chaff, crap, culm, deadwood, debris, detritus, dishwater, ditchwater, draff, dregs, dross, dust, filings, filth, gash, hogwash ... show more.

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