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garbage

UK
/ˈɡɑː.bɪdʒ/
US
/ˈɡɑr.bɪdʒ/

Translations

garbagenoun
garbages
pl
The garbage was collected by the sanitation workers early in the morning.
Les déchets ont été ramassés par les agents d’entretien tôt le matin.
Additional translations
idiotieLangue familière, pour quelque chose de ridicule ou de sans valeur.
données parasitesInformatique.
orduresPlus courant pour les déchets ménagers.
Synonyms
rubbish
trash
waste
litter
refuse
debris
junk
scrap
detritus
discard
Antonyms
treasure
valuables
garbageadjective
UK
/ˈɡɑː.bɪdʒ/
US
/ˈɡɑr.bɪdʒ/
Used attributively to describe things relating to refuse and, informally, to denote poor quality.
minableFamilier.
He traded in his garbage laptop after it stopped working.
Il a échangé son portable minable après qu’il s’est arrêté de fonctionner.
à déchetsSe dit d’un objet ou d’un équipement destiné aux déchets.
The maintenance crew operated the new garbage compactor.
L’équipe de maintenance a utilisé le nouveau compacteur à déchets.
Synonyms
trashy
worthless
rubbish
lousy
crummy
junk
inferior
second-rate
shoddy
pathetic
abysmal
cheap

Definitions

garbagenoun
Waste material, especially discarded food and other refuse.
The garbage was collected by the sanitation workers early in the morning.
Something worthless or nonsensical.
The movie was so bad that many people considered it to be garbage.
(computing) Random or meaningless data that occupies memory or storage unintentionally.
After the crash, the variable was full of garbage.
garbageadjective
Relating to refuse or its collection and disposal (used before a noun).
The maintenance crew operated the new garbage compactor.
(informal) Extremely poor in quality; worthless.
He traded in his garbage laptop after it stopped working.
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