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Meaning of trash | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
tɹæʃ

Definitions

  1. Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse
  2. Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
    Canada, US, countable, uncountable
  3. A container into which things are discarded
  4. A container into which things are discarded.
    Canada, US, countable, metonymically, uncountable
  5. Something worthless or of poor quality
  6. Something worthless or of poor quality.
    Canada, US, countable, figuratively, uncountable
  7. A dubious assertion, either for appearing untrue or for being excessively boastful
  8. A dubious assertion, either for appearing untrue or for being excessively boastful.
    countable, uncountable
  9. The disused stems, leaves, or vines of a crop, sometimes mixed with weeds, which will either be plowed in as green manure or be removed by raking, grazing, or burning
  10. The disused stems, leaves, or vines of a crop, sometimes mixed with weeds, which will either be plowed in as green manure or be removed by raking, grazing, or burning.
    Southern, US, countable, uncountable
  11. Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, with much less commercial value than the principal grades.
    uncountable
  12. People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash or Eurotrash.)
    Canada, US, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable
  13. A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.
    Canada, US, humorous, slang, uncountable
  14. Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Беларуская смецце
Български боклу́к
བོད་སྐད གད་ཉིག
Bosanski kos smeti
Cymraeg sbwriel
Esperanto forĵetaĵo rubo
Eesti rämps
Français corbeille à papier déchet trash trash
Gaeilge bruscar
עברית זבל פח אשפה
Hrvatski kos smeti
Magyar szemét
Bahasa Indonesia sampah
Íslenska rusl
日本語 がらくた こみ 塵芥 草芥
ქართული ნაგავი
Қазақша қоқым
한국어 개털 쓰레기 오물
Kurdî çop koş
Кыргызча таштанды
Lietuvių šiukšlė
Македонски ѓубре смет
မြန်မာဘာသာ အမှိုက်
Slovenščina kos smet
Српски kos smeti
Svenska avskrap mög papperskorg skrap slanga
ไทย กาก ขยะ
Tagalog basura kalat
Türkçe çöp telef zibil
Tiếng Việt cặn bã rác rác rến rác rưởi rơm rác
Yorùbá panti

Examples

“A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin.”
“When your life is trash, you don't have much to lose.”
“(chiefly British)”
“Near-synonyms: stan; see also Thesaurus:fan”
“I am Harry Potter trash.”
“Drag the unwanted message to the trash.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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