garbage

gar·bage  (gärbj)

n.

1.

a. Food wastes, as from a kitchen.

b. Refuse; trash.

2. A place or receptacle where rubbish is discarded: tossed the apple core into the garbage.

3.

a. Worthless or nonsensical matter; rubbish: Their advice turned out to be nothing but garbage.

b. Inferior or offensive literary or artistic material.

4. Computer Science Incorrect, meaningless, or unwanted data.

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[Middle English, offal from fowls.]

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garbage [ˈgɑːbɪdʒ]

n

1. worthless, useless, or unwanted matter

2. another word (esp US and Canadian) for rubbish

3. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing invalid data

4. Informal nonsense

[probably from Anglo-French garbelage removal of discarded matter, of uncertain origin; compare Old Italian garbuglio confusion]

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Garbage refuse in general; worthless literary matter.

Examples: the garbage of any circulating library.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	garbage - food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) food waste, refuse, scraps waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product - any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"
	2.	garbage - a worthless message drivel subject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about bunkum, guff, hogwash, buncombe, rot, bunk - unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) chickenshit - a false statement that is considered to indicate timidity or fear codswallop, folderol, trumpery, wish-wash, applesauce, tripe, rubbish, trash - nonsensical talk or writing pap, pablum - worthless or oversimplified ideas
	3.	garbage - a receptacle where waste can be discarded; "she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage" receptacle - a container that is used to put or keep things in

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garbage

noun

1. junk, rubbish, litter, trash (chiefly U.S.), refuse, waste, sweepings, scraps, debris, muck, filth, swill, slops, offal, detritus, dross, odds and ends, flotsam and jetsam, grot (slang), leavings, dreck (slang, chiefly U.S.), scourings, offscourings rotting piles of garbage

2. nonsense, balls (taboo slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo slang), rot, crap (slang), trash, bullshit (taboo slang), hot air (informal), tosh (informal), pap, cobblers (Brit. taboo slang), bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), gibberish, guff (slang), moonshine, claptrap (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), codswallop (Brit. slang), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), kak (S. African slang), stuff and nonsense, bunkum or buncombe (chiefly U.S.) I personally think the story is complete garbage.

Translations

garbage [ˈgɑːbɪdʒ] (esp US)

A. N (= refuse) → basura f; (= waste) → desperdicios mpl (fig) (= goods, film etc) → birria f, porquería f; (spoken, written) → bobadas fpl, tonterías fpl, disparates mpl
he talks a lot of garbage → dice muchas bobadas or tonterías
the book is garbage → la novela es una basura or birria or porquería
garbage in, garbage out (Comput) → basura entra, basura sale

B. CPD garbage bag N → bolsa f de la basura
garbage can N → cubo m de la basura
garbage collector N → basurero/a m/f
garbage disposal unit N → triturador m de basura
garbage dump N → vertedero m
garbage man N = garbage collector garbage truck N → camión m de la basura

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garbage [ˈgɑː^rbɪdʒ] n

(= rubbish) → ordures fpl, détritus mpl

(fig) → conneries fpl >
garbage can n (US) → poubelle f
garbage chute n (US) → vide-ordures m inv
garbage collector n (US) → éboueur m
garbage disposal n (= machine) → broyeur m d'ordures
garbage disposal unit n (US) → broyeur m d'ordures
garbage man n (US) → éboueur m
garbage shute n (US) → vide-ordures m inv
garbage truck n (US) → camion m des éboueurs

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garbage

n (lit: esp US) → Abfall m, → Müll m; (fig: = useless things) → Schund m, → Mist m (inf); (= nonsense) → Blödsinn m, → Quatsch m (inf); (Comput) → Garbage m; garbage in, garbage out (Comput) → garbage in, garbage out, Müll rein, Müll raus

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garbage:

garbage can

n (US) → Müll- or Abfalleimer m; (outside) → Mülltonne f

garbage collector

n (US) → Müllarbeiter m; the garbages → die Müllabfuhr

garbage disposal unit

n (esp US) → Müllschlucker m

garbage man

n (US) = garbage collector

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garbage [ˈgɑːbɪdʒ] n (esp Am) → immondizie fpl, spazzatura, rifiuti mpl (fig) (film, book) → porcheria, robaccia; (nonsense) → fesserie fpl

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garbage [ˈgɑːbɪdʒ] n (esp Am) → immondizie fpl, spazzatura, rifiuti mpl (fig) (film, book) → porcheria, robaccia; (nonsense) → fesserie fpl

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garbage

n garbage [ˈgaːbidʒ]

(especially American) rubbish. afval, gemors زُبالَه боклук odpadky affald der Abfall σκουπίδια basura jäätmed, prügi آشغال roskat ordures אַשפָּה, זֶבֶל कूड़ा, बकवास smeće (konyhai) hulladék sampah rusl, sorp spazzatura ごみ (미) 쓰레기 šiukšlės atkritumi sampah vuilnis søppel, avfall, skrot śmiecie lixo gunoi мусор odpadky; smeti odpadki smeće sopor ขยะ çöp 垃圾 сміття کوڑا کرکٹ rác 垃圾

adj

There is a garbage chute at the end of the corridor. stortgeut للزُّبالَه за боклук odpadkový affalds- Müll-... για τα σκουπίδια de basura prügi- مخصوص زباله roska- à ordures פְּסוֹלֶת कूड़ा-कचरा za smeće hulladék- sampah rusla-, sorp- della spazzatura ごみの 쓸모 없는 šiukšlių atkritumu- sampah vuilnis- søppel-, avfalls- na śmiecie conduta do lixo de gunoi мусорный odpadový za smeti otpadni sop- ที่เป็นขยะ çöp... 垃圾的 помийний کوڑے کے لیے để chứa rác 垃圾的

garbage can

(American) a dustbin. drom, vullisdrom سَلَّة أو بَرميل الزُّبالَه кошче за отпадъци popelnice skraldespand der Abfalleimer σκουπιδοτενεκές cubo de la basura prügikast سطل زباله roskakori poubelle פַּח אַשפָּה कूड़ा, कोठ koš za smeće szemétláda tong sampah ruslatunna pattumiera ごみ箱 쓰레기통 šiukšlių dėžė atkritumu tvertne tong sampah vuilnisemmer søppeldunk kubeł na śmieci caixote do lixo pubelă мусорное ведро smetník posoda za smeti korpa za otpatke soptunna ถังขยะ çöp kutusu 金屬製的垃圾箱 урна для сміття کوڑا دان thùng rác 金属制的垃圾箱

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garbage → نفاية odpadky skrald Abfall σκουπίδια basura roskat déchets otpad immondizia ごみ 쓰레기 afval søppel śmieci lixo мусор sopor ขยะ çöp rác thải 垃圾