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garbage

/ˈɡɑːbɪd͡ʒ/
noun

  1. Food waste material of any kind.

    "Garbage is collected on Tuesdays; rubbish on Fridays"

  2. Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.

    "The garbage truck collects all residential municipal waste."

  3. A place or receptacle for waste material.

    "He threw the newspaper into the garbage."

Synonymsjunk, refuse, rubbish, trash, waste
Antonymsartifact, asset, catch, find, prize, recyclable
verb

  1. To eviscerate

    Similar: disembowel, eviscerate, gut

Synonymsdisembowel, eviscerate, gut
adjective

  1. Bad, crap, shitty

    "He gave me some pretty garbage advice last night."

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