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Definition of Garbage
1. Noun. Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen).
Generic synonyms: Waste, Waste Material, Waste Matter, Waste Product
2. Noun. A worthless message.
Generic synonyms: Content, Message, Subject Matter, Substance
Specialized synonyms: Buncombe, Bunk, Bunkum, Guff, Hogwash, Rot, Chickenshit, Applesauce, Codswallop, Folderol, Rubbish, Trash, Tripe, Trumpery, Wish-wash, Pablum, Pap
3. Noun. A receptacle where waste can be discarded. "She tossed the moldy bread into the garbage"
Definition of Garbage
1. n. Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or loathsome.
2. v. t. To strip of the bowels; to clean.
Definition of Garbage
1. Noun. Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind. ¹
2. Noun. Nonsense; gibberish. ¹
3. Noun. (often attributively) Something or someone worthless. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To eviscerate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Garbage
1. food waste [n -S] : GARBAGEY, GARBAGY [adj]
Medical Definition of Garbage
1. Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or loathsome. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Garbage
Literary usage of Garbage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Preventive medicine and hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau (1917)
"Feeding garbage to Hogs.—In many small cities, especially those of New England,
... If the garbage is sterilized with steam, and if the feed is supplemented ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Government by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, Albert Bushnell Hart (1914)
"L. garbage REMOVAL. The primitive method of removing garbage was to allow pigs
to run through the streets of a community and eat it up. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"When a small amount of garbage is mixed for three years thereafter. with a large
amount of paper excelsior, shop The cost of incinerating garbage in the ..."
4. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"To bring garbage within the police power of the State or municipality, it is not
necessary ... The collection and removal of garbage is a business which, ..."
5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"A city health commissioner while supervising the removal of garbage, and a city
day. ... For throwing garbage on surface as nuisance. see note to ..."
6. Journal (1897)
"Investigations have proven that garbage may become a fruitful source of disease.
By garbage is meant the animal and vegetable refuse taken from our tables ..."
7. Preventive medicine and hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau (1917)
"Feeding garbage to Hogs.—In many small cities, especially those of New England,
... If the garbage is sterilized with steam, and if the feed is supplemented ..."
8. Cyclopedia of American Government by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, Albert Bushnell Hart (1914)
"L. garbage REMOVAL. The primitive method of removing garbage was to allow pigs
to run through the streets of a community and eat it up. ..."
9. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"When a small amount of garbage is mixed for three years thereafter. with a large
amount of paper excelsior, shop The cost of incinerating garbage in the ..."
10. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"To bring garbage within the police power of the State or municipality, it is not
necessary ... The collection and removal of garbage is a business which, ..."
11. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"A city health commissioner while supervising the removal of garbage, and a city
day. ... For throwing garbage on surface as nuisance. see note to ..."
12. Journal (1897)
"Investigations have proven that garbage may become a fruitful source of disease.
By garbage is meant the animal and vegetable refuse taken from our tables ..."
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