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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

G`ARBAGE, n. [I know not the component parts of this word.] The bowels of an animal; refuse parts of flesh; offal.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) [syn: garbage, refuse, food waste, scraps]
2: a worthless message [syn: drivel, garbage]
3: a receptacle where waste can be discarded; "she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage"

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, offal Date: 15th century 1. a. food waste b. discarded or useless material 2. a. trash 1b b. inaccurate or useless data

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a refuse, filth. b domestic waste. 2 foul or rubbishy literature etc. Phrases and idioms: garbage can US a dustbin. Etymology: AF: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Garbage Gar"bage, v. t. To strip of the bowels; to clean. ``Pilchards . . . are garbaged.'' --Holland.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Garbage is rubbish, especially waste from a kitchen. (mainly AM) ...a garbage bag. ...rotting piles of garbage. 2. If someone says that an idea or opinion is garbage, they are emphasizing that they believe it is untrue or unimportant. (INFORMAL) I personally think this is complete garbage... Furious government officials branded her story 'garbage'. = rubbish [disapproval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Refuse (of flesh), offal.

Moby Thesaurus

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