garbage

/ˈgɑr·bɪdʒ/ n [U] (WASTE)

Definition

› waste material, esp. unwanted food, or a container in which waste is kept: She threw the cheese in the garbage. Take the garbage can/bags out to the curb to be picked up. There will be no regular garbage collection Monday. We were stuck in traffic behind a garbage truck (= a large vehicle that collects garbage from containers outside buildings).

(Definition of garbage n (WASTE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)