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garbage definition

gar·bage (gär′bij)

noun

  1. spoiled or waste food that is thrown away
  2. any worthless, unnecessary, or offensive matter literary garbage

Etymology: ME, entrails of fowls < ?

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garbage Synonyms

garbage

n.

refuse, waste, rubbish, litter; see trash 1, 3.


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garbage Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • spout: The train manager tried to placate my anger but made matters worse by spouting garbage that it wasn't her fault.

Adjective modifier

  • pure: Luckily in a digital format we won't need to actually waste tree's for this pure garbage.

Modifies a noun

  • collector: The data will be passed to the garbage collector to be removed from memory.

Noun used with modifier

  • clean_up: Use the clean_up garbage queue subcommand to delete all the garbage requests in the queue.
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garbage quotes

GIGO: Garbage in, garbage out.

-Anonymous

We get richer and richer in filthier and filthier communities until we reach a final stage of affluent miseryöa crocus on a garbage heap.

-Gardner,JohnWilliam

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