| Main Entry: | offal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
Synonyms: |
carrion, debris, junk, leaving, refuse, remains, rubbish, trash, waste |
| Main Entry: | debris |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | litter, waste |
Synonyms: |
bits, crap, detritus, dregs, dross, fragments, garbage, junk, offal, pieces, refuse, remains, riffraff, rubbish, rubble, ruins, trash, wreck, wreckage |
| Notes: | debris is the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up; garbage is food that is discarded or useless rubbish or a receptacle where rubbish is discarded; trash is worthless material that is to be disposed or a worthless or contemptible person |
Antonyms: |
cleanliness, neatness, purity |
| Main Entry: | garbage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuse, litter |
Synonyms: |
bits and pieces, debris, detritus, dreck, dregs, dross, filth, junk, muck, odds and ends, offal, rubbish, rubble, scrap, scrapings, sewage, slop, sweepings, swill, trash, waste |
| Main Entry: | junk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odds and ends; garbage |
Synonyms: |
clutter, collateral, debris, filth, hogwash, litter, miscellany, offal, refuse, rubbish, rubble, rummage, salvage, scrap, trash, waste |
| Main Entry: | litter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mess, debris |
Synonyms: |
clutter, collateral, confusion, detritus, disarray, disorder, garbage, hash, hodgepodge, jumble, jungle, junk, mishmash, muck, muddle, offal, rash, refuse, rubbish, rummage, scattering, scramble, shuffle, trash, untidiness, waste |
Antonyms: |
cleanliness, sterility |
| Main Entry: | refuse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
Synonyms: |
debris, dregs, dross, dump, dunghill, dust, hogwash, junk, leavings, litter, muck, offal, rejectamenta, remains, residue, rubbish, scraps, scum*, sediment, slop, sweepings, swill, trash, waste, waste matter |
Antonyms: |
assets, possessions, property |
| Main Entry: | rubbish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
Synonyms: |
debris, dregs, dross, junk, litter, lumber, offal, refuse, rubble, rummage, scrap, sweepings, trash, waste |
Antonyms: |
possessions, property |
| Main Entry: | trash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
Synonyms: |
debris, dregs, droppings, dross, excess, filth, fragments, junk, leavings, litter, oddments, odds and ends, offal, pieces, refuse, residue, rubbish, rubble, rummage, scourings, scrap, scraps, scum*, sediment, shavings, sweepings, waste |
Antonyms: |
assets, possessions, valuables |
| Main Entry: | waste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage, refuse |
Synonyms: |
debris, dreck, dregs, dross, excess, hogwash, junk, leavings, leftovers, litter, offal, offscourings, rubbish, rubble, ruins, rummage, scrap, slop, sweepings, swill, trash |
Antonyms: |
possessions |
| Concept: | Waste. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; actual subservience |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
consumption, expenditure, exhaustion; dispersion; ebb; leakage (exudation); loss; wear and tear; waste; prodigality; misuse; wasting; rubbish (useless)., mountain in labor.
-verbs
spend, expend, use, consume, swallow up, exhaust; impoverish; spill, drain, empty; disperse., cast away, fool away, muddle away, throw away, fling away, fritter away; burn the candle at both ends, waste; squander., "waste its sweetness on the desert air " [Gray]; cast one's bread upon the waters, cast pearls before swine; employ a steam engine to crack a nut, waste powder and shot, break a butterfly on a weel; labor in vain (useless); cut blocks with a razor, pour water into a sieve., leak (run out); run to waste; ebb; melt away, run dry, dry up.
-adjectives
wasted; at a low ebb., wasteful (prodigal); penny wise and pound foolish.
-phrases
magno conatu magnas nugas; le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle; "idly busy rolls their world away" [Goldsmith].
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