From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garbage
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"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Garbage \Gar"bage\, v. t.
To strip of the bowels; to clean. "Pilchards . . . are
garbaged." --Holland.
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