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   trash

   /traʃ/

   noun

   • 1. waste material; refuse: North American "the subway entrance was blocked with trash" Similar wastewaste materialrefuselittergarbagedebrisjunkdrossdetritussweepingsdregsremainsrubbishvulgar slang:crap
   • ▪ cultural items, ideas, or objects of poor quality: "if they read at all, they read trash" Similar nonsensedrivelpapgibberishbalderdashbunkumhumbugmoonshinerubbishinformal:bullpoppycockgobbledygookhot airtwaddletommyrotbunktripebilgepiffleboshhooeytoshrotgarbageflapdoodleblatherswackbushwaapplesaucebellywashvulgar slang:crapbullshitcrapolabulldustOpposite logicgood sense
   • 2. a person or people regarded as being of very low social standing: North American "clubs patronized by rock trash" Similar rabblescumvermindregsgood-for-nothingslowest of the lowunderclassthe dregsuntouchablesthe hoi polloicanailleinformal:riff-raff
   • 3. the leaves, tops, and crushed stems of sugar cane, used as fuel. West Indian

   verb

   • 1. damage or destroy: informal North American "my apartment's been totally trashed" Similar wreckruindamagedestroydefacemarspoilvandalizeinformal:total
   • ▪ kill (a file or process) or wipe (a disk): "she almost trashed the email window"
   • 2. criticize severely: informal North American "trade associations trashed the legislation as deficient" Similar criticizelambastcensureattackinsultabusegive a bad press tocondemnflaysavageinformal:panknocktake to piecestake/pull apartcrucifyhammerslambashroastmaulthrow brickbats atslaterubbishslag offbad-mouthpummel
   • 3. strip (sugar canes) of their outer leaves to ripen them faster.

   Word Origin late Middle English: of unknown origin. The verb is first recorded (mid 18th century) in trash (sense 3 of the verb); the other senses have arisen in the 20th century.

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   What does trash mean?

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   What is trash in a house?

   • Trash consists of unwanted things or waste material such as used paper, empty containers and bottles, and waste food. The yards are overgrown and cluttered with trash. Mowing lawns and taking out the trash are jobs for the tenant. If you say that something such as a book, painting, or film is trash, you mean that it is of very poor quality.

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   What does he's talking trash mean?

   • (especially British English) He's talking trash (= nonsense). (North American English, informal) an offensive word used to describe people that you do not respect see also trailer trash, white trash Definition of trash noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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   noun. foolish ideas or talk; nonsense. useless or unwanted matter or objects. a literary or artistic production of poor quality. a poor or worthless person or a group of such people. bits that are broken or lopped off, esp the trimmings from trees or plants. the dry remains of sugar cane after the juice has been extracted.

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   Trash is rubbish or garbage — it's the stuff that gets thrown away. Your town might organize a clean-up day each year when people pick up trash in parks and neighborhoods. Trash is dirty, worthless, leftover debris.

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