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garbage

/ˈɡɑr.bɪdʒ/

NOUN

1. Food waste

Food waste material of any kind, including discarded food scraps and other unwanted edible or organic material.

1.1. Discarded food and kitchen waste

Refers to unwanted food materials and kitchen scraps that are thrown away after preparation or consumption.

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  • Please remember to separate recyclables from regular garbage before disposal.
  • Environmentalists advocate for reducing single-use plastics to minimize garbage pollution.

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  • food scraps
  • leftovers
  • organic waste
  • food residue
  • compost

NOUN

2. Useless or disposable material

Material that is unwanted, discarded, worthless, or no longer useful and is typically thrown away.

2.1. Household refuse and discarded materials

Refers to unwanted materials, rubbish, and discarded objects that are collected for disposal.

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  • Garbage collection is scheduled for Tuesday mornings in our neighborhood.
  • Please remember to separate recyclables from regular garbage before disposal.
  • The overflowing garbage bin attracted a swarm of flies to the backyard.
  • We need to invest in better garbage disposal methods to combat the growing waste crisis.

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2.2. A collection of miscellaneous unwanted items

Refers to an assortment of discarded, unwanted, or miscellaneous objects that have accumulated without much practical value.

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2.3. A place for waste disposal

Refers to a location where unwanted materials and refuse are deposited or collected.

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  • dump

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NOUN

3. Nonsense or meaningless talk

Words, statements, or ideas that are foolish, absurd, irrational, or completely lacking in truth or sense.

3.1. Absurd or meaningless statements

Refers to speech or writing that is nonsensical, irrational, or without meaningful content.

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3.2. False or worthless information

Refers to information, claims, or arguments regarded as unreliable, misleading, absurd, or without intellectual value.

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NOUN

4. Something or someone worthless

An object, thing, or person considered to be of little or no value, quality, or usefulness.

4.1. Worthless or useless objects

Refers to objects or possessions considered useless, inferior, defective, or lacking in value.

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  • junk
  • trash
  • rubbish
  • crud
  • dreck
  • drek
  • cull
  • reject
  • throwaway

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4.2. A contemptible or worthless person

Used disparagingly to describe a person regarded as worthless, despicable, or lacking in merit.

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  • riffraff
  • punk

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NOUN

5. The entrails or discarded internal organs of an animal

The bowels or internal organs of an animal, especially those removed during the preparation or butchering of an animal.

5.1. Animal entrails and offal

Refers to the internal organs and discarded flesh parts of an animal, particularly those considered unsuitable or undesirable as ordinary meat.

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  • entrails
  • viscera
  • intestines
  • bowels
  • guts
  • organ meat

VERB

6. To remove the internal organs

To remove the internal organs or entrails from a body, especially during the preparation of an animal.

6.1. Removing an animal's internal organs

Describes removing the internal organs and entrails from an animal's body.

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  • eviscerate

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  • disembowel
  • gut
  • butcher
  • dismember
  • viscera

ADJECTIVE

7. Bad or extremely poor in quality

Of very poor quality, unpleasant, unsatisfactory, or inferior.

7.1. Extremely poor or unpleasant

Describes something considered very bad, low-quality, unsatisfactory, or disappointing.

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