noun ⇨ See also ↑ rubbish , ↑ trash
1 ( esp. AmE ) waste material
ADJECTIVE
▪ household , kitchen ( AmE )
▪ rotting
… OF GARBAGE
▪ bag , pile
▪ tons
VERB + GARBAGE
▪ take out ( AmE )
▪
Don't forget to take out the ~.
▪ collect , remove
▪
During the crisis, ~ was not collected.
▪ dispose of , dump , throw , throw away , throw out
▪
Someone just dumped their ~ into my backyard.
▪ leave
▪ strew , strew around (both usually passive)
▪
There was ~ strewn around everywhere.
▪ pick up
▪
We picked up all the ~ we could find.
GARBAGE + NOUN
▪ bag , can
▪
I put the broken glass in the ~ can.
▪ truck
▪ dump , heap
▪ collection , disposal
▪ chute
PHRASES
▪ throw sth in the ~
2 ( informal ) sth that is stupid or not true
ADJECTIVE
▪ absolute , complete , pure , utter
▪
This movie is pure ~.
▪ worthless
▪
His ideas were discarded like worthless ~.
▪ old
▪
It's mostly the same old ~.
PHRASES
▪ ~ in, ~ out
▪ a piece of ~ , a pile of ~
▪
The second series was a piece of ~.