trash
- noun
- /træʃ/
- US
- Where will the trash go when all the landfills are full?
- a trash can
- a trash bag
- a trash bin
I don't know what it is about your trash bag over the can.
- I don't know what it is about your trash bag over the can.
- There will be no more trash on our streets in California.
- You see a bunch of just trash and busted out vehicles.
- The food that I eat produces some sort of trash waste, right?
- You know, what's that one man's trash is another man's treasure.
- There is a lot of what officials call sky trash up there.
- It's about time to take trash out at my car wash.
- Cash is garbage, it is trash, take it out, use it.
Examples
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"We're saving money on our trash bills, and we don't have to buy as many soil amendments.
Academic text (1995) -
Time to take out the trash.
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Oh, we're just finding trash, a lot of it.
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There will be no more trash on our streets in California.
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- Who forgot to take the trash out?
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Will you bring the trash down, please?
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And then we separate our wet trash from our dry trash.
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I've had it with people that don't pick up their trash in a public setting.
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Anne took all her valentines, dropping them unopened in the trash in front of Mrs. Ray.
Academic text (1992) -
Please remember to take out the trash before the garbage truck arrives.
Synonyms
Material that people throw away after use, like food or packaging
Unwanted food and other waste from a home or kitchen that you throw away
Things people throw away because they are not wanted
Waste left in public places like streets and parks
Food waste and scraps that you throw away
A thing that is useless and not worth keeping
Something thought to be worthless or of very low quality
Things like old or broken items that are thrown away
Things people throw away because they are not useful
Old or unwanted things thrown away
A thing that is very bad and of low quality like a book or film
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Slur
An insulting word for poor white people, especially in the southern United States
- Specialized
A place on a computer where deleted files stay before they are removed for good
- Specialized
A folder that holds deleted files so you can restore or permanently remove them
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Etymology
Trash comes from an old Middle English word trasch that meant 'broken things' or 'rubbish', so the word names the things you throw away.