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4 definitions for garbage From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Garbage \Gar"bage\ (?; 48), n. [OE. also garbash, perh. orig.,
that which is purged or cleansed away; cf. OF. garber to make
fine, neat, OHG. garawan to make ready, prepare, akin to E.
garb dress; or perh. for garbleage, fr. garble; or cf. OF.
garbage tax on sheaves, E. garb sheaf.]
Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or
vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless,
disgusting, or loathsome. --Grainger.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Garbage \Gar"bage\, v. t.
To strip of the bowels; to clean. "Pilchards . . . are
garbaged." --Holland.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
garbage
n 1: food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) [syn: refuse, food
waste, scraps]
2: a worthless message [syn: drivel]
3: a receptacle where garbage is discarded; "she tossed the
moldy bread into the garbage"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "garbage":
bilge, bilgewater, bones, carrion, chaff, crap, culm, deadwood,
debris, detritus, dishwater, ditchwater, draff, dregs, dross, dust,
filings, filth, gash, hogwash, husks, junk, kelter, leavings, lees,
litter, muck, offal, offscourings, orts, parings, potsherds, rags,
raspings, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, rubble, scourings, scrap iron,
scraps, scum, scurf, sewage, sewerage, shards, shavings, slack,
slag, slop, slops, slough, stubble, sweepings, swill, tares, trash,
wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper, weeds
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