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Webster 1913 Edition
Garbage
Gar′bage
(?; 48)
, Noun.
[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.
Gar′bage
,Verb.
T.
To strip of the bowels; to clean.
“Pilchards . . . are garbaged.” Holland.
Webster 1828 Edition
Garbage
G`ARBAGE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
garbage
garbage
English
Alternative forms
- garbidge (obsolete or eye dialect)
Noun
garbage (uncountable) (chiefly US, Canada)
- (obsolete) The bowels of an animal; refuse parts of flesh; offal.
- Food waste material of any kind.
- Garbage is collected on Tuesdays; rubbish on Fridays
- Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.
- The garbage truck collects all residential municipal waste.
- A place or receptacle for waste material.
- He threw the newspaper into the garbage.
- Nonsense; gibberish.
- (often attributively) Something or someone worthless.
- 2009, David R. Portney, 129 More Seminar Speaking Success Tips, ISBN 9780967851488, p. 8:
- Forget about that garbage advice to “act natural”.
- 2009, David R. Portney, 129 More Seminar Speaking Success Tips, ISBN 9780967851488, p. 8:
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Terms derived from garbage
Translations
waste material
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Verb
garbage (third-person singular simple present garbages, present participle garbaging, simple past and past participle garbaged) (chiefly US, Canada)
- (transitive, obsolete) To eviscerate.
- 1674, John Josselyn, Two Voyages to New England, Made During the Years 1638-63 (quoted in William Butts Mershon, The Passenger Pigeon, 1907, The Outing Publishing Company):
- I have bought at Boston a dozen Pidgeons ready pulled and garbidged for three pence.
- 1674, John Josselyn, Two Voyages to New England, Made During the Years 1638-63 (quoted in William Butts Mershon, The Passenger Pigeon, 1907, The Outing Publishing Company):