gar|bage

gar|bage
gar|bage «GAHR bihj», noun.
1. scraps of food to be thrown away; waste animal or vegetable matter, as from a kitchen, restaurant, or store: »

We empty the garbage while Mother washes the dishes.

2. Informal, Figurative. anything of no value, such as a trashy writing or painting.
3. any kind of waste matter.
[origin uncertain; perhaps < Old North French garbe wheat sheaf + English -age]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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