disposal
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3.5
- noun
- /dɪsˈpoʊzəl/
- US
:
triturador de basura
- To prevent clogs, always rinse your scraps before putting them in the disposal.
Also, when you're done with your lemon rinds, put them down your garbage disposal.
- Also, when you're done with your lemon rinds, put them down your garbage disposal.
- So garbage disposals come in different power.
- And before, I never had AI would leave the house with everything on, garbage disposal, lights, thermostat, everything.
- It's really not Between a light bulb and the stuck garbage disposal.
- It sounds like sounds like a pig having a really bad day, like a garbage disposal.
Examples
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Also, I think you should pay for your trash disposal according to use like any other utility.
Blog text (3) -
We'll put it in the disposal unit.
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So you own the garbage disposal business?
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To increase the useful life of your garbage disposal, clean it out regularly.
Blog text (5) -
I think you're gonna have to fix the garbage disposal.
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As a bonus, the lemon rinds can go down the disposal to freshen it.
Blog text (19) -
His mother hadn't wanted a dishwasher, though she'd let his father put in a garbage disposal.
Fiction book (1994) -
After preparing dinner, I washed the plates and placed the leftover food in the disposal.
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Make sure not to put fibrous vegetables in the disposal to avoid getting it jammed.
Synonyms
18
2.7
A device under a kitchen sink that grinds food waste so it goes down the drain
1
4.3
A person or machine that gets rid of waste, especially food scraps
A machine that breaks things like food and tissue into small pieces for disposal and processing
Idioms
Compounds
18
2.7
A device under a kitchen sink that grinds food waste so it goes down the drain
- Specialized
1
3.8
A place where dirty water and other waste are cleaned and made safe
- NSFW
1
3.7
A process that removes and treats dirty water and toilet waste from buildings
A place where dirty water from homes and businesses is cleaned and made safe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Disposal in the kitchen sense comes from the verb dispose, which means 'to put away' or 'get rid of'. A disposal grinds food and helps you 'put away' or remove kitchen waste, so it is named for that action.