1
a
: food waste
b
: discarded or useless material
2
a
b
: inaccurate or useless data
Examples of garbage in a Sentence
The park was littered with garbage.
Please take out the garbage.
Raccoons were going through the garbage.
Throw the can in the garbage.
If you ask me, what he said is a bunch of garbage.
Recent Examples on the Web
People will be painting, planting trees, spreading mulch and cleaning up garbage starting at 9 a.m.
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Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
Other videos on social media show people picking up food scraps from the garbage.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Then empty the blood into the garbage, toilet, or sink before rinsing the cup thoroughly with warm water and soap.
—Cathy Cassata, Health, 22 Feb. 2025
Crews wearing hazmat suits shoveled mounds of ash into plastic garbage bags.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
Other videos on social media show people picking up food scraps from the garbage.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Then empty the blood into the garbage, toilet, or sink before rinsing the cup thoroughly with warm water and soap.
—Cathy Cassata, Health, 22 Feb. 2025
Crews wearing hazmat suits shoveled mounds of ash into plastic garbage bags.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Garbage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garbage. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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