garburator

English

Alternative forms

• garbarator
• Garberator (proprietary)
• garberator

Etymology

1948 in Canada, from garbage + -ator.

Noun

garburator (plural garburators)

1. (Canada, UK) Synonym of garbage disposal.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, →OCLC, page 37:

     ‘She burped and tried to jam the bottle into the waste-hole of the waste-disposal thing, the thingummy.’
     ‘Garburator,’ said Pigs Trotter. ‘I think they're called Garburators.’
     ‘Garburator, that's it. She tried to jam the bottle down the Garburator.’

Derived terms

• garburate