Definitions
a receptacle where waste can be discarded
Word origin
From late Middle English garbage (“the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste”, originally “refuse, what is purged away”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French garber (“to refine, make neat or clean”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *garwijan (“to make ready”).
Used in a sentence
“The garbage truck collects all residential municipal waste.”
“Compost goes in the brown bin and is picked up Monday, recycling goes in blue bags and is picked up Wednesday, and garbage goes in black bags and is picked up Thursday.”
“Oh, don't put the empty milk jug in that bin—that one's for garbage.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Household waste”7 letters
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