garbage

4 definitions • 6 examples

waste material or unwanted things that you throw away

nonsense or stupid ideas:

He talks a lot of garbage about education.

waste material, esp. unwanted food, or a container in which waste is kept:

She threw the cheese in the garbage.

Take the garbage can/bags out to the curb to be picked up.

There will be no regular garbage collection Monday.

We were stuck in traffic behind a garbage truck (= a large vehicle that collects garbage from containers outside buildings).

nonsense, or worthless ideas or things:

There’s an awful lot of garbage on television and radio.