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Antonyms for garbage

Grammar : Noun
Spell : gahr-bij
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɑr bɪdʒ


Definition of garbage

Origin :
  • early 15c., "giblets of a fowl, waste parts of an animal," later confused with garble in its sense of "siftings, refuse." Perhaps some senses derive from Old French garbe "a bundle of sheaves, entrails," from Proto-Germanic *garba- (cf. Dutch garf, German garbe "sheaf"), from PIE *ghrebh- "a handful, a grasp." Sense of "refuse, filth" is first attested 1580s; used figuratively for "worthless stuff" from 1590s. Garbology "study of waste as a social science" is from 1976.
  • noun refuse, litter
Example sentences :
  • "Cleansing fires for that sort of garbage," he said finally.
  • Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan
  • He drained the bottle; then hurled it into the garbage pail with a resounding crash.
  • Extract from : « The Doorway » by Evelyn E. Smith
  • A mound of garbage crowned with the dead body of a dog arrested us not.
  • Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad
  • Describe the method used in his community in disposing of garbage.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • We then specified places at which garbage, etc., should be dumped.
  • Extract from : « Policing the Plains » by R.G. MacBeth
  • They're just like the vultures—easy to catch, because they're full of garbage.
  • Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
  • A country where all the charwomen are men and all the garbage men are women!
  • Extract from : « A Book of Burlesques » by H. L. Mencken
  • They have hotel keepers and garbage men and dentists just as we do.
  • Extract from : « The Colors of Space » by Marion Zimmer Bradley
  • Every garbage goes there—all the refuse of household product is shot into them.
  • Extract from : « The Free Lances » by Mayne Reid
  • The disposal of refuse and garbage has not as yet been satisfactorily dealt with.
  • Extract from : « The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) » by Various

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