Meaning
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- Food waste material of any kind.
- Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.
- A place or receptacle for waste material.
- Nonsense; gibberish.
- Something or someone worthless.
- (obsolete) The bowels of an animal; refuse parts of flesh; offal.
- (slang) An easy shot.
Synonyms
food waste
waste matter
of no value
Dumpster
food scraps
leftover food
corrupted data
Frequency
Hyphenated as
gar‧bage
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡɑːbɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology
In summary
From 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”). Akin to Old High German garawan (“to prepare, make ready”), Old English ġearwian (“to make ready, adorn”). More at garb, yare, gear
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