Phrase Hound found 64 phrases and 21 compound words that contain garbage. The most common are listed below. Open garbage in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 64
- garbage collectionA service, generally run by local government, for transporting household garbage to the appropriate facility.
- garbage canA receptacle, usually roughly cylindrical and wider at the top than at the bottom, which serves as a place to discard waste materials.
- garbage collectorA worker who removes refuse, especially from properties.
- garbage disposalAn electric device in a kitchen drain that gets rid of food waste by shredding it to tiny bits that can be washed away.
- garbage truckA vehicle for the collection and removal of domestic waste
- garbage bagA plastic bag produced for the disposal of household waste.
- garbage chuteA passage where garbage is carried to a receptacle at the bottom of a building.
- garbage timeThe period at the end of a timed sporting event that has become a blowout when the outcome of the game has already been decided, and the coaches of one or both teams will often decide to replace their best players with substitutes.
- Garbage GroveThe city of Garden Grove, California, used in reference to the high poverty rates in the city.
- garbage collectedFeaturing garbage collection.
- garbage patchA piece of land used for dumping rubbish.
- garbage plateA large serving of mixed fast foods, such as hamburger patties, fries, macaroni salad, etc.
- hot garbageNuclear waste.
- piece of garbageA bad person or thing; an object of poor quality.
- pieces of garbageplural of piece of garbage: A bad person or thing; an object of poor quality.
- garbage dumpA landfill
- garbage bagsplural of garbage bag: A plastic bag produced for the disposal of household waste.
- garbage binA bin for garbage; (in particular) a wheelie bin.
- garbage dayThe day of the week when people place their rubbish outside to be collected by garbagemen.
- garbage fireSynonym of trash fire: Something which is very poorly done; a mess or fiasco.
- garbage manSomeone, usually male, whose job it is to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed.
- garbage patchesplural of garbage patch: A piece of land used for dumping rubbish.
- garbage trucksplural of garbage truck: A vehicle for the collection and removal of domestic waste
- garbage pickingSynonym of dumpster diving: The act of recovering, for any purpose, discarded items that would otherwise be sent to a landfill.
- garbage collectTo reclaim resources which are no longer in use; to run a garbage collector.
Compound words 21
- garbaggioGarbage.
- gubbishAnything worthless or incomprehensible; junk.
- carbageShreds and patches of cloth cut off by a tailor when cutting out clothes.
- garbagerOne who collects, sorts, or disposes of garbage.
- snargeThe remains of a bird after it has collided with an airplane (in a bird strike), especially a turbine engine.
- disgarbageTo remove garbage from a file, to make a file smaller
- garbagelessWithout garbage.
- garbagenessuselessness
- garburatorSynonym of garbage disposal: An electric device in a kitchen drain that gets rid of food waste by shredding it to tiny bits that can be washed away.
- garbagelikeResembling garbage.