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Trash

/tɹæʃ/ · noun

Meaning

(chiefly Canada, US) Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse..

Definitions by Sense

  1. (chiefly Canada, US) Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
  2. (chiefly Canada, US, metonymic) A container into which things are discarded.
  3. (chiefly Canada, US, figurative) Something worthless or of poor quality.
  4. A dubious assertion, either for appearing untrue or for being excessively boastful.
  5. (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.
  6. (agriculture, uncountable) Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, with much less commercial value than the principal grades.
  7. (chiefly Canada, US, slang, derogatory) People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash or Eurotrash.)
  8. (chiefly Canada, US, fandom slang, humorous, uncountable) A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.

Example Sentences

A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin.
When your life is trash, you don't have much to lose.
Near-synonyms: stan; see also Thesaurus:fan
I am Harry Potter trash.
Drag the unwanted message to the trash.
Fatcat also fails to warn you that unformatting will trash any files copied to the unintentionally formatted disk.
The burglars trashed the house.
20 May 2018, Hadley Freeman in The Guardian, Is Meghan Markle the American the royals have needed all along? It is a British tradition for the media to celebrate an upcoming royal wedding by trashing the incoming in-laws, from Diana’s stepmother, Raine Spencer, to Kate Middleton’s Uncle Gary and his memorably named Ibizan villa, Maison de Bang Bang.

Synonyms for trash

garbage (1-3)junk (1,3)refuserubbishwastetrash canrecycle bincultchcrapdebrisdreckdrekgarbagegashjunklitterpelfpiece of crappiece of garbagepiece of shitpile of crappile of shitpiece of trashroughageservice itemshitstufftrashtrashcantrashbin

Antonyms for trash

Related Words

junkrubbishscumtrumperyfolderolscraptear apartwish-washtripepanapplesaucewastetackydirtbagragvulgarrascalruinmessfilth

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does trash mean?

Trash means (chiefly Canada, US) Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse..

What is a synonym for trash?

Common synonyms include garbage (1-3), junk (1,3), refuse, rubbish.

What is the opposite of trash?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use trash in a sentence?

A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin.

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