- discarded animal and vegetable matter, as from a kitchen; refuse.
- any matter that is no longer wanted or needed; trash.
- a bin or other receptacle for discarded matter, especially kitchen waste; garbage can: Hey, who threw my leftover pizza in the garbage?
- anything that is contemptibly worthless, inferior, or vile: There's nothing but garbage on TV tonight.
- worthless talk; lies; foolishness.
- any unnecessary item added to something else, as for appearance only; garnish: I'll have an Old Fashioned, but without the garbage.
- useless artificial satellites or parts of rockets floating in space, as satellites that are no longer transmitting information or rocket boosters jettisoned in flight.
- meaningless or unwanted data: That program was not properly debugged and produced nothing but garbage.
- worthless, useless, or unwanted matter
- discarded or waste matter; refuse
- invalid data
- nonsense
