word-vault/dist/data/cards/tr/trash.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "trash",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "things that you throw away because you no longer want or need them",
            "labels": "(North American English)British EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish EnglishNorth American English(figurative)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Don't forget to take out the trash."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The subway entrance was blocked with trash."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What are these letters doing in the trash?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His theories were relegated to the trash heap of history."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["The environment"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + trash": ["dump", "empty", "throw away"],
                "trash + noun": ["bin", "can", "bag"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "objects, writing, ideas, etc. that you think are of poor quality",
            "labels": "(informal, disapproving)(especially British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What's this trash you're watching?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's talking trash *(= nonsense)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can buy lots of tacky trash in the souvenir shops, if that's what you want."
                },
                {
                    "text": "People can certainly be affected by the trash newspapers they read."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They listen to pop music and watch trash TV all day."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an offensive word used to describe people that you do not respect",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "examples": [],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["gutter", "street", "trailer"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/træʃ/",
                "audio": "tr/trash/trash__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/træʃ/",
                "audio": "tr/trash/trash__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: of unknown origin. The verb is first recorded (mid 18th cent.) as meaning ‘to strip (sugar canes) of their outer leaves to ripen faster’; the current senses have arisen in the 20th cent."
}