garbage
Food waste material of any kindFood waste material of any kind.
» I've already taken out the garbage.
Я уже вынес мусор.
Я вже виніс сміття.
Я вже викинув сміття.
Я вже винесла сміття.
Meaning
11 senses(Australia, Canada, US, uncountable)Food waste material of any kind.
food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
(Australia, Canada, US, uncountable)Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.
The garbage truck collects all residential municipal waste.
(Australia, Canada, US, uncountable)Specifically, waste material destined not to be reclaimed through recycling, composting, etc.
Compost goes in the brown bin and is picked up Monday, recycling goes in blue bags and is picked up Wednesday, and garbage goes in black bags and is picked up Thursday.
Oh, don't put the empty milk jug in that bin—that one's for garbage.
(Australia, Canada, US, uncountable)A place or receptacle for waste material.
He threw the newspaper into the garbage.
a receptacle where waste can be discarded
(Australia, Canada, US, uncountable)Nonsense; gibberish.
This machine translation is garbage.
(Australia, Canada, US, uncountable)Something or someone worthless.
a worthless message
(Australia, Canada, US, attributive, slang, uncountable)An easy shot.
(Australia, Canada, US, uncountable)Allocated memory which is no longer in use but has not yet been deallocated.
(Australia, Canada, US, uncountable)Data that are misinterpreted as another kind of data.
(Australia, Canada, Cumbria, England, US, archaic, dialectal, uncountable)Foul, rotten or unripe vegetable matter.
(Australia, Canada, US, obsolete, uncountable)The bowels of an animal; refuse parts of flesh; offal.
Examples
439 sentencesI've already taken out the garbage.
Я вже виніс сміття.
ruЯ уже вынес мусор.
I've already taken the garbage out.
Я вже виніс сміття.
ruЯ уже вынес мусор.
Did you take out the garbage?
Ти виніс сміття?
deHast du den Müll rausgebracht?
I want this garbage out of here.
Я хочу, щоб цього сміття тут не було.
Tom wants you to take the garbage out.
Том хоче, щоб ти виніс сміття.
ruТом хочет, чтобы ты вынес мусор.
Translations
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Origin
From late Middle English garbage (“the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste”, originallFrom late Middle English garbage (“the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste”, originally “refuse, what is purged away”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French garber (“to refine, make neat or clean”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *garwijan (“to make ready”).
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Synonyms
224 synonymsAntonyms
8 antonymsWord family
43 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
8 patterns- out the garbage
- the garbage can
- take the garbage
- the garbage out
- garbage this morning
- dumped garbage
- into the garbage
- the garbage this