Meaning of garbage | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Food waste material of any kind.
   Australia, Canada, US, uncountable
2. Food waste material of any kind
3. Something that does not have or make sense:balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle.
4. foul, rotten or unripe vegetable matter.
   Australia, Canada, Cumbria, England, US, archaic, dialectal, uncountable
5. foul, rotten or unripe vegetable matter
6. (especially American) rubbish. afval, gemors زُبالَه боклук lixo odpadky der Abfall affald σκουπίδιαbasura jäätmed, prügi آشغال roskat orduresאשפה, זבל कूड़ा, बकवास smeće (konyhai) hulladék sampah rusl, sorp spazzatura ごみ (미) 쓰레기 šiukšlės atkritumi sampah vuilnissøppel, avfall, skrot śmiecie خځلى، كثافات دډوډۍ، ميوو او سا بو پاته شوى مواد: فاضله مواد lixo gunoi мусор odpadky; smeti odpadki smeće sopor ขยะ çöp 垃圾 сміття کوڑا کرکٹ rác 垃圾
   especially American
7. Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.
   Australia, Canada, US, uncountable
8. Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind
9. Specifically, waste material destined not to be reclaimed through recycling, composting, etc
10. There is a garbage chute at the end of the corridor. stortgeut للزُّبالَه за боклук calha de lixo odpadkový Müll-... affalds- για τα σκουπίδια de basura prügi- مخصوص زباله roska- à ordures פסולת कूड़ा-कचरा za smeće hulladék- sampah rusla-, sorp- della spazzatura ごみの 쓸모 없는 šiukšlių atkritumu- sampah vuilnis- søppel-, avfalls- na śmiecie د كثافاتو مخصوصه 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
11. A place or receptacle for waste material.
    Australia, Canada, US, uncountable
12. A place or receptacle for waste material
13. (American) a dustbin. vullisblik بَرميل الزُّبالَه кофа за боклук lata de lixo popelnice der Abfalleimer skraldespand σκουπιδοτενεκέςcubo de la basura prügikonteiner سطل آشغال roskakori poubelle פַּח אַשׁפָּה कूड़े का डिब्बा kanta za smeće szemétláda tong sampah ruslatunna/-fata pattumiera ごみ入れ (미) 쓰레기통 šiukšlių dėžė atkritumu spainis tong sampah vuilnisbaksøppeldunk, avfallsspann kubeł na śmiecie كثافاتو سطل caixote do lixoмусорный ящик nádoba na odpadky smetnjak kanta za otpatke soptunna ถั...
    American
14. Nonsense; gibberish.
    Australia, Canada, US, uncountable
15. Food wastes, as from a kitchen.
16. Something or someone worthless.
    Australia, Canada, US, uncountable
17. The bowels of an animal; refuse parts of flesh; offal.
    Australia, Canada, US, obsolete, uncountable
18. A place or receptacle where rubbish is discarded: tossed the apple core into the garbage.
19. An easy shot.
    Australia, Canada, US, attributive, slang, uncountable
20. Worthless or nonsensical matter; rubbish: Their advice turned out to be nothing but garbage.
21. Allocated memory which is no longer in use but has not yet been deallocated.
    Australia, Canada, US, uncountable
22. worthless, useless, or unwanted matter
23. Data that are misinterpreted as another kind of data.
    Australia, Canada, US, uncountable
24. Also called: rubbish discarded or waste matter; refuse
25. (Computer Science) computing invalid data
    computing

Equivalents

Examples

“The garbage truck collects all residential municipal waste.”

“He threw the newspaper into the garbage.”

“This machine translation is garbage.”

“The dissenting Christian Advocate asked (5 January 1835) how a cabinet composed of the very garbage of Toryism could be expected to share the spirit of Peel’s manifesto.”

“Yet, even without the three second rule, where your big man could camp underneath and take those delightful “garbage” shots, there was little or no pivot offense, no cutting off the bucket.”

“[…] the aging pro, in a much-heralded "boys against the girls" tennis match, annihilated Margaret Court with an array of "garbage shots and cotton balls."”

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