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The definition of garbage is waste to be thrown out, or anything worthless or offensive.
(noun)An example of garbage is a plate of rotting food.
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See garbage in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- spoiled or waste food that is thrown away
- any worthless, unnecessary, or offensive matter: literary garbage
Origin: ME, entrails of fowls < ?
See garbage in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. Food wastes, as from a kitchen.b. Refuse; trash.
- A place or receptacle where rubbish is discarded: tossed the apple core into the garbage.
- a. Worthless or nonsensical matter; rubbish: Their advice turned out to be nothing but garbage.b. Inferior or offensive literary or artistic material.
- Computer Science Incorrect, meaningless, or unwanted data.
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Origin: Middle English, offal from fowls
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