trash
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Perhaps from Old Norse tros (“rubbish, fallen leaves and twigs”). Compare Swedish trasa.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
trash (uncountable)
- Useless things to be discarded
- A container into which things are discarded
- Something of poor quality
- (slang, derogatory) People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash.)
- (computing) Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.
Synonyms [edit]
- garbage (1-3), junk (1,3), refuse (1), rubbish, waste
- (container): trash can
- See also Wikisaurus:trash
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
things to be discarded
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container
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something of poor quality
people of low social status or class
computer terminology
Verb [edit]
trash (third-person singular simple present trashes, present participle trashing, simple past and past participle trashed)
- (US) To discard.
- (US) To make into a mess.
- The burglars trashed the house.
- (US) To beat soundly in a game.
- (US) To disrespect someone or something
Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:junk
Translations [edit]
discard