Trash
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /tɹæʃ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Trash is a noun meaning A dubious assertion, either for appearing untrue or for being excessively boastful.
Meaning
A dubious assertion, either for appearing untrue or for being excessively boastful.
More Meanings
- (agriculture, uncountable) Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, with much less commercial value than the principal grades.
- (chiefly Canada, US) Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
- (chiefly Canada, US, metonymic) A container into which things are discarded.
- (chiefly Canada, US, figurative) Something worthless or of poor quality.
- (chiefly Canada, US, slang, derogatory) People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash or Eurotrash.)
- (chiefly Canada, US, fandom slang, humorous, uncountable) A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.
- (chiefly Southern United States, agriculture) The disused stems, leaves, or vines of a crop, sometimes mixed with weeds, which will either be plowed in as green manure or be removed by raking, grazing, or burning.
Example Sentences
I am Harry Potter trash.
The burglars trashed the house.
Drag the unwanted message to the trash.
Near-synonyms: stan; see also Thesaurus:fan
Word Forms
- trashes
- trashing
- trashed
Synonyms for trash
Depending on context, synonyms include refuse, rubbish, waste, cultch, crap, debris.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include junk, rubbish, scum, trumpery, folderol, scrap.
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Sources & Attribution
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