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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Garbage \Gar"bage\, v. t.
To strip of the bowels; to clean. "Pilchards . . . are
garbaged." --Holland.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
garbage
n 1: food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) [syn: refuse, food
waste, scraps]
2: a worthless message [syn: drivel]
3: a receptacle where garbage is discarded; "she tossed the
moldy bread into the garbage"
WordNet (r) 2.0
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "garbage":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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