garbage

Noun
Synonyms: refusefood wastescrapsdrivel

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)Synonyms: refusefood wastescraps
  2. a worthless messageSynonyms: drivel
  3. a receptacle where waste can be discarded“she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage”
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Webster's Dictionary (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]
Garbage \Gar"bage\, v. t. To strip of the bowels; to clean. "Pilchards . . . are garbaged." --Holland. [1913 Webster]
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