word-vault/dist/data/cards/ga/garbage.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "garbage",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "waste food, paper, etc. that you throw away",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "garbage collection"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't forget to take out the garbage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "During the crisis, garbage was not collected."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Someone just dumped their garbage into my backyard."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was garbage strewn around everywhere."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We picked up all the garbage we could find."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The canal is full of garbage and bits of wood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You could see the rats moving about on the garbage dump."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["The environment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["household", "kitchen", "rotting"],
                "… of garbage": ["bag", "pile", "tons"],
                "verb + garbage": ["take out", "collect", "remove"],
                "garbage + noun": ["bag", "can", "truck"],
                "phrases": ["throw something in the garbage"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a place or container where waste food, paper, etc. can be placed",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Throw it in the garbage."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["household", "kitchen", "rotting"],
                "… of garbage": ["bag", "pile", "tons"],
                "verb + garbage": ["take out", "collect", "remove"],
                "garbage + noun": ["bag", "can", "truck"],
                "phrases": ["throw something in the garbage"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "something stupid or not true",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘You mean you believe all that garbage?’ he said."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's mostly the same old garbage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The second series was a piece of garbage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This movie is pure garbage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She just watches garbage on TV all day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That's complete garbage!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a lot of garbage reported about me in the press."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "rubbish",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["absolute", "complete", "pure"],
                "phrases": [
                    "garbage in, garbage out",
                    "a piece of garbage",
                    "a pile of garbage"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to express the idea that if wrong or poor quality data, material or effort is put into something, wrong or poor quality results will come out of it",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡɑːbɪdʒ/",
                "audio": "ga/garbage/garbage__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡɑːrbɪdʒ/",
                "audio": "ga/garbage/garbage__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘offal’): from Anglo-Norman French, of unknown ultimate origin."
}