garbage

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Antonyms 1.4.3 Derived terms 1.4.4 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Synonyms 1.6 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• garbidge

[edit] Etymology

Middle English "the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste", originally "refuse, what is purged away" from Old French garber "to refine, make neat or clean", of Germanic origin, akin to Old High German garawan "to prepare, make ready", Old English ġearwian (“‘to make ready, adorn’”). More at garb, yare, gear

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

garbage (uncountable)

1. Any leftover waste or scraps or material deemed useless or disposable.
2. Nonsense; gibberish.
3. space debris
4. offal, particularly the entrails

[edit] Synonyms

junk refuse

rubbish trash

waste

• See also Wikisaurus:trash

[edit] Antonyms

artifact asset catch

find prize recyclable

resource treasure valuable

[edit] Derived terms

garbage bin garbage can garbage dump

garbage man garbage truck garbo

garbologist

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to garbage (third-person singular simple present garbages, present participle garbaging, simple past and past participle garbaged)

1. (transitive) To eviscerate.
   • "I have bought at Boston a dozen Pidgeons ready pulled and garbidged for three pence." Josselyn, John (1674). Two Voyages to New England, Made During the Years 1638-63., quoted in Mershon, William Butts (1907). The Passenger Pigeon. The Outing Publishing Company.

[edit] Synonyms

• gut
• disembowel
• eviscerate

[edit] See also

• Wikipedia article on garbage