garbage

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gar|bage /g'ɑːrbɪdʒ/
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Garbage is rubbish, especially waste from a kitchen. (mainly AM)
...a garbage bag.
...rotting piles of garbage.
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If someone says that an idea or opinion is garbage, they are emphasizing that they believe it is untrue or unimportant. (INFORMAL)
I personally think this is complete garbage...
Furious government officials branded her story `garbage'.
= rubbishgar|bage can (garbage cans)
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A garbage can is a container that you put rubbish into. (AM; in BRIT, use dustbin)
A bomb planted in a garbage can exploded early today.gar|bage col|lec|tor (garbage collectors)
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A garbage collector is a person whose job is to take people's garbage away. (AM; in BRIT, use dustman)gar|bage dis|pos|al (garbage disposals)
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A garbage disposal or a garbage disposal unit is a small machine in the kitchen sink that breaks down waste matter so that it does not block the sink. (AM; in BRIT, use waste disposal)gar|bage man (garbage men)
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A garbage man is the same as a garbage collector. (AM)gar|bage truck (garbage trucks)
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A garbage truck is a large truck which collects the garbage from outside people's houses. (AM; in BRIT, use dustcart)

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