'Garbage' definitions:
Definition of 'garbage'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
A worthless message [syn: drivel, garbage]
noun
A receptacle where waste can be discarded; "she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage"
Definition of 'Garbage'
From: GCIDE
- Garbage \Gar"bage\ (?; 48), n. [OE. also garbash, perh. orig., that which is purged or cleansed away; cf. OF. garber to make fine, neat, OHG. garawan to make ready, prepare, akin to E. garb dress; or perh. for garbleage, fr. garble; or cf. OF. garbage tax on sheaves, E. garb sheaf.] Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or loathsome. --Grainger. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Garbage'
From: GCIDE
- Garbage \Gar"bage\, v. t. To strip of the bowels; to clean. "Pilchards . . . are garbaged." --Holland. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'garbage'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bilge,
- bilgewater,
- bones,
- carrion,
- chaff,
- crap,
- culm,
- deadwood,
- debris,
- detritus,
- dishwater,
- ditchwater,
- draff,
- dregs,
- dross,
- dust,
- filings,
- filth,
- gash,
- hogwash,
- husks,
- junk,
- kelter,
- leavings,
- lees,
- litter,
- muck,
- offal,
- offscourings,
- orts,
- parings,
- potsherds,
- rags,
- raspings,
- refuse,
- riffraff,
- rubbish,
- rubble,
- scourings,
- scrap iron,
- scraps,
- scum,
- scurf,
- sewage,
- sewerage,
- shards,
- shavings,
- slack,
- slag,
- slop,
- slops,
- slough,
- stubble,
- sweepings,
- swill,
- tares,
- trash,
- wastage,
- waste,
- waste matter,
- wastepaper,
- weeds