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garbage

gar·bage

UK/ˈɡɑː.bɪd͡ʒ/ US/ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/ common informal slang us

noun

1.

food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

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2.
3.

a receptacle where garbage is discarded

  • “she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage”

Origin

From late Middle English garbage (“the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste”, originally “refuse, what is purged away”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French garber (“to refine, make neat or clean”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *garwijan (“to make ready”). Akin to Old High German garawan (“to prepare, make ready”), Old English ġearwian (“to make ready, adorn”). More at garb, yare, gear

Phrases

  • garbage bag
  • garbage bandit
  • garbage bin
  • garbage can
  • garbage chute
  • garbage collect
  • garbage collected
  • garbage collection

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