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Words people most associate with “garbage”:
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Noun (3 meanings)
1. food that is discarded (as from a kitchen).
garbage is a type of:
- waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product (noun) - any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
garbage is a type of:
- message, content, subject matter, substance (noun) - what a communication that is about something is about
types of garbage:
- bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash (noun) - unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
- chickenshit (noun) - a false statement that is considered to indicate timidity or fear
- folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop (noun) - nonsensical talk or writing
- pap, pablum (noun) - worthless or oversimplified ideas
3. a receptacle where waste can be discarded.
Example:
- “she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage”
garbage is a type of:
- receptacle (noun) - a container that is used to put or keep things in