1
: something worth little or nothing: such as
b(1)
: inferior or worthless writing or artistic matter (such as a television show)
especially
: such matter intended purely for sensational entertainment
(2)
(3)
: empty talk : nonsense
2
: a worthless person
also
: such persons as a group : riffraff
3
: something in a crumbled or broken condition or mass
especially
: debris from pruning or processing plant material
trashed; trashing; trashes
1
: throw away sense 1
standards of reality and truth were trashed—
Edwin Diamond
Edwin Diamond5
: to subject to criticism or invective
especially
: to disparage strongly
a film trashed by the critics
: to trash something or someone
Synonyms
Examples of trash in a Sentence
Noun
Take out the trash, please.
I put the dirty diaper in the trash.
I can't believe you're reading that trash.
She thinks that they're all trash.
Verb
a computer program that trashes useless files
The vacuum cleaner couldn't be fixed, so I trashed it.
The apartment had been trashed.
He says that the government's policies are trashing the environment.
Recent Examples on the WebLinda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2024
Send any news, comments, orbital trash bins, and celestial hiding places to talk@qz.com.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
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Noun
Medicines that are improperly disposed of in the trash or toilet can pose hazards to people and animals.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2024
Send any news, comments, orbital trash bins, and celestial hiding places to talk@qz.com.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
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“Trash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trash. Accessed 5 May. 2024.
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