1
a
: food waste
b
: discarded or useless material
2
a
b
: inaccurate or useless data
Synonyms
Examples of garbage in a Sentence
The park was littered with garbage.
Please take out the garbage.
Raccoons were going through the garbage.
Throw the can in the garbage.
If you ask me, what he said is a bunch of garbage.
Recent Examples on the Web
Find your garbage and recycling schedule at city.milwaukee.gov/sanitation/GarbageRecyclingSchedules.
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Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
Snails can be disposed of by double bagging them in a garbage bag and taping the bag shut.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
Specialists recommend removing large portions of the plant at once, putting them into garbage bags and incinerating them when possible.
—Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
His head was covered in a black plastic garbage bag.
—Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
While crossing the swamp during the infiltration, Sever had broken through the ice; the garbage bags around his feet had not prevented his socks from getting drenched.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
That afternoon, Troconis brought cleaning supplies and garbage bags to that empty house for sale — 80 Mountain Spring Road.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2024
New York City has its own share of faults (beyond the rats and street garbage problem).
—Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
To understand a messy problem, The Times needed to look at the city from a different perspective, one where garbage sits at the foreground.
—Larry Buchanan, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
Snails can be disposed of by double bagging them in a garbage bag and taping the bag shut.
—Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
Specialists recommend removing large portions of the plant at once, putting them into garbage bags and incinerating them when possible.
—Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
His head was covered in a black plastic garbage bag.
—Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
While crossing the swamp during the infiltration, Sever had broken through the ice; the garbage bags around his feet had not prevented his socks from getting drenched.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
That afternoon, Troconis brought cleaning supplies and garbage bags to that empty house for sale — 80 Mountain Spring Road.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2024
New York City has its own share of faults (beyond the rats and street garbage problem).
—Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
To understand a messy problem, The Times needed to look at the city from a different perspective, one where garbage sits at the foreground.
—Larry Buchanan, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
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“Garbage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garbage. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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