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
- "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
Synonyms for garbage
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