Garbage : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Garbage	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Garbage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garbage n food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) [syn: garbage, refuse, food waste, scraps] a worthless message Synonym(s): drivel, garbage a receptacle where waste can be discarded; "she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garbage \Gar"bage\, v. t. To strip of the bowels; to clean. [bd]Pilchards . . . are garbaged.[b8] --Holland.