rubbish definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: worthless material that is to be disposed of [syn: rubbish, trash, scrap] 2: nonsensical talk or writing [syn: folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop] v 1: attack ... or nonsensical < few real masterpieces are forgotten and not much rubbish survives — William Bridges-Adams > • rubbishy adjective Oxford Reference Dictionary n ... AF rubbous etc., perh. f. RUBBLE Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rubbish Rub"bish, n. [OE. robows, robeux, rubble, originally an Old ... It. robaccia trash, roba stuff, goods, wares, robe. Thus, etymologically rubbish is the pl. of rubble. See Robe, and cf. ...
Rubbish pulley definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rubbish Rub"bish, n. [OE. robows, robeux, rubble, originally an Old ... It. robaccia trash, roba stuff, goods, wares, robe. Thus, etymologically rubbish is the pl. of rubble. See Robe, and cf. Rubble ... building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; d['e]bris. What rubbish and what offal! --Shak. he saw the town's one half in rubbish lie. --Dryden. Rubbish pulley. See Gin block, under Gin. Webster's 1913 ...
... 1: worthless material that is to be disposed of [syn: rubbish, trash, scrap] 2: worthless people [syn: trash, scum] 3: nonsensical talk or writing [syn: folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop] 4: an amphetamine ... twigs, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect trask rubbish; Old Norse tros fallen leaves and twigs, Old English trus ... 1518 1. something worth little or nothing: as a. junk, rubbish b. (1) empty talk ; nonsense (2) inferior or worthless writing ... n. & v. --n. 1 esp. US worthless or waste stuff; rubbish, refuse. 2 a worthless person or persons. 3 a thing ... Webster's 1913 Dictionary Trash Trash, n. [Cf. Icel. tros rubbish, leaves, and twigs picked up for fuel, trassi a ...
... waste materials are dumped [syn: dump, garbage dump, trash dump, rubbish dump, wasteyard, waste-yard, dumpsite] 3: (computer science) a copy ... Dictionary n. & v. --n. 1 a a place for depositing rubbish. b a heap of rubbish. 2 colloq. an unpleasant or dreary place. 3 Mil. a ... dumped the shopping on the table). 2 shoot or deposit (rubbish etc.). 3 colloq. abandon, desert. 4 Mil. leave (ammunition etc ... soil. N-UNCOUNT 3. A dump is a place where rubbish is left, for example on open ground outside a town. ...companies that bring their rubbish straight to the dump... = tip N-COUNT 4. If ...
... the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal 2: rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places) 3 ... Things lying scattered about in a manner indicating slovenliness; scattered rubbish. Strephon, who found the room was void. Stole in, and ... it lay. --Swift. 4. Disorder or untidiness resulting from scattered rubbish, or from thongs lying about uncared for; as, a room ... Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (litters, littering, littered) 1. Litter is rubbish that is left lying around outside. If you see litter ... On Wednesday we cleared a beach and woodland of litter. = rubbish 2. A litter of things is a quantity of them ... of straw, hay, etc. 3. Shreds, fragments, waste matter, scattered rubbish. 4. Confusion, disorder. 5. Brood. II. v. a. 1. ...
... tilt 2. chiefly British a place for depositing something (as rubbish) by dumping III. transitive verb (tipped; tipping) Etymology: Middle English ... s hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf. 5. Rubbish thrown from a quarry. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Tip Tip ... V n prep, V n with adv 4. To tip rubbish means to get rid of it by leaving it somewhere. (BRIT; in AM, use dump) ...the costs of tipping rubbish in landfills... How do you stop people tipping?... We live in a street off Soho Road and there's rubbish tipped everywhere. VERB: V n, V, V-ed 5. A tip is a place where rubbish is left. (BRIT; in AM, use garbage dump) N- ...
... 0 (2005) n 1: nonsensical talk or writing [syn: folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop] 2: ornamental objects ... ies) 1 a worthless finery. b a worthless article. 2 rubbish. --adj. 1 showy but worthless (trumpery jewels). 2 delusive, shallow ... showy matter; hence, things worn out and of no value; rubbish. The trumpery in my house, go bring it hither, for ... I. n. 1. Falsehood, deceit, imposture, humbug, deception. 2. Trash, rubbish, stuff, frippery, worthless finery, trifles. II. a. Worthless, good for ... Vulgar Tongue An old whore, or goods of no value; rubbish. Moby Thesaurus absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, balderdash, base, bibble-babble ... paste, peanuts, pinchbeck, poor, prate, prattle, rant, rigamarole, rigmarole, rodomontade, rubbish, rubbishy, shoddy, skimble-skamble, small beer, small change, stuff ...
... by began to be built over the immense beds of rubbish resulting from the overthrow of the ancient city; and whilst ... its source is now buried under the great mass of rubbish accumulated here (see EN-ROGEL). Nearly 600 yards South of ... with arches erected over it at various periods, as the rubbish of the city gradually accumulated through the centuries. There is ... a fact largely disguised today by the great accumulation of rubbish in its course. It traverses the city with the Charam ... natural strength, is today greatly obscured on account of the rubbish which slopes down its sides and largely fills up its ...
... fit only for beasts. 4. Any thing of no value; rubbish. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: viscera and trimmings ... of a butchered animal removed in dressing ; variety meat 2. rubbish Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 the less valuable edible parts ... is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish. The off als of other profession. --South. Collin's Cobuild ... Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Garbage. 2. Waste, refuse, rubbish. 3. Carrion. Moby Thesaurus bilge, bilgewater, bones, carrion, chaff, culm ... lees, litter, offscourings, orts, parings, potsherds, rags, raspings, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, scourings, scrap iron, scraps, scum, scurf, sewage, sewerage, shards, shavings ...
Debris definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DEBRIS, n. debree'. Fragments; rubbish; ruins; applied particularly to the fragments of rocks. WordNet (r ... 2. an accumulation of fragments of rock 3. something discarded ; rubbish Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 scattered fragments, esp. of something ... rock or mountain, and piled up at the base. 2. Rubbish, especially such as results from the destruction of anything; remains ... pieces from something that has been destroyed or pieces of rubbish or unwanted material that are spread around. A number of ... refuse, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, riffraff, roach, rubbish, rubble, ruins, rump, sand, sawdust, scourings, scrap, scraps, scree, sediment ...
... turn down VERB: V n 4. Refuse consists of the rubbish and all the things that are not wanted in a ... The District Council made a weekly collection of refuse. = waste, rubbish International Standard Bible Encyclopedia re-fuz': Formerly used with the ... decline. II. n. Dross, scum, dregs, sediment, lees, draff, recrement, rubbish, trash, offscum, offscouring, scoria, slag, offal, garbage, waste matter. III ... repulse, residue, residuum, resist entreaty, resist persuasion, rest, riffraff, roach, rubbish, ruins, rule out, rump, sawdust, say nay, say no, say ...
... from places of human or animal habitation: as (1) garbage, rubbish (2) excrement — often used in plural (3) sewage c. material ... by anyone, and so is covered by wild plants and rubbish. Yarrow can be found growing wild in fields and on ... ruin, rapine, destruction, desolation, pillage, havoc. 4. Refuse, worthless matter, rubbish. 5. Wild, wilderness, desert, solitude, lonely place, deserted region. 6 ... remnant, residue, residuum, rest, retire from sight, roach, rub out, rubbish, rubble, ruin, ruinate, ruination, ruins, rummage, rump, run down, run ...
... Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Detritus is the small pieces of rubbish that remain after an event has finished or when something ... supp Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Débris, rubbish of attrition. 2. Rubbish, waste, disintegrated remains, débris. Moby Thesaurus afterglow, afterimage, alluvion, alluvium ... rags, refuse, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, roach, rubbish, ruins, rump, sand, sawdust, scourings, scraps, scree, sediment, shadow, shavings ...