Definitions for garbage
ˈgɑr bɪdʒgarbage

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. garbage, refuse, food waste, scrapsnoun

   food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

2. drivel, garbagenoun

   a worthless message

3. garbagenoun

   a receptacle where waste can be discarded

   "she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. garbagenoun

   Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.

   Etymology: "the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste", originally "refuse, what is purged away" from garber "to refine, make neat or clean", of origin, akin to garawan "to prepare, make ready", gearwian. More at garb, yare, gear

2. garbagenoun

   Nonsense; gibberish.

   Etymology: "the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste", originally "refuse, what is purged away" from garber "to refine, make neat or clean", of origin, akin to garawan "to prepare, make ready", gearwian. More at garb, yare, gear

3. garbagenoun

   Something or someone worthless.

   Etymology: "the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste", originally "refuse, what is purged away" from garber "to refine, make neat or clean", of origin, akin to garawan "to prepare, make ready", gearwian. More at garb, yare, gear

4. garbageverb

   To eviscerate.

   Etymology: "the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste", originally "refuse, what is purged away" from garber "to refine, make neat or clean", of origin, akin to garawan "to prepare, make ready", gearwian. More at garb, yare, gear

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Garbagenoun

   offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or loathsome

   Etymology: [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.]

2. Garbageverb

   to strip of the bowels; to clean

   Etymology: [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.]

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1. Garbage

   Garbage is an alternative rock band formed in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1994. The group consists of Scottish singer Shirley Manson and American musicians Duke Erikson, Steve Marker, and Butch Vig. All four members are involved in songwriting and production. The band have counted worldwide album sales of over 17 million units. Garbage released a string of increasingly successful singles in 1995–1996, including "Stupid Girl" and "Only Happy When It Rains". Their debut album, Garbage, was an unexpected smash, selling over 4 million copies and certified double platinum in the UK, US, and Australia. Garbage won the Breakthrough Artist award at the 1996 MTV Europe Music Awards. Garbage spent two years working on follow-up album, Version 2.0, which topped the charts in the UK upon its 1998 release and the following year was nominated for two Grammy Awards, Album of the Year and Best Rock Album. Version 2.0 went on to match the sales of its predecessor. Garbage followed this up by performing and co-producing the theme song to the nineteenth James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough. Despite being named one of Rolling Stone's Top 10 Albums of the Year, Garbage's 2001 third album Beautiful Garbage failed to match the commercial success achieved by its predecessors. Garbage quietly disbanded in late 2003, but regrouped to complete fourth album Bleed Like Me in 2005, peaking at a career-high No. 4 in the US. The band cut short their concert tour in support of Bleed Like Me announcing an "indefinite hiatus", emphasizing that they had not broken up, but wished to pursue personal interests.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Garbage

   gär′bāj, n. refuse, as the bowels of an animal: any worthless matter. [Of doubtful origin; prob. O. Fr. garbe, a sheaf; not conn. with garble.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Garbage

   Discarded animal and vegetable matter from a kitchen or the refuse from food preparation. (From Random House College Dictionary, 1982)

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1. garbage

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Matched Categories

1. • Message
   • Receptacle
   • Waste

How to pronounce garbage?

1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of garbage in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of garbage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of garbage in a Sentence

1. Marcos Lira:

   We were worried about Zika, given all the news and the fact my wife was pregnant during such a scare, but here they pick up the garbage three times a week and everybody has water in their house.

2. James Feldkamp:

   It's saying, 'We're not looking to circumnavigate everywhere and flood the U.S. with a bunch of counterfeit garbage. We're another legitimate channel for U.S. consumers.

3. Kim Weathers:

   Her husband, he opened the bag and started going through all his garbage, and as he looked through it, I doubled-checked it, and as I was double-checking it I opened it: Voila, the ring.

4. Josh Campbell:

   There is so much garbage out there on these sites, also, rarely do these shooters telegraph in advance the carnage they are about to cause.

5. House Republican Leader Todd Gilbert:

   It is not a place for hate or violence, any group that comes to Richmond to spread white supremacist garbage, or any other form of hate, violence or civil unrest isnt welcome here.

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