## Meanings
1. Things you throw away because they are no longer wanted; waste.
2. A container where waste is put.
3. Something worthless or nonsense (informal).

## Examples
- Please take the garbage out before the truck comes.
- He threw the empty bottle into the garbage.
- Don't believe everything online; a lot of it is garbage.

## Derived Forms
- carbage
- garbage-collector
- garbageless
- garbagelike
- garbageman
- garbageness
- garbageperson
- garbager
- garbagescape
- garbageware
- garbagewoman
- garbagey

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: garbage
- Root: garber
- Root: *garwijan

## Etymology
From late Middle English garbage (“the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste”, originally “refuse, what is purged away”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French garber (“to refine, make neat or clean”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *garwijan (“to make ready”). Akin to Old High German garawan (“to prepare, make ready”), Old English ġearwian (“to make ready, adorn”). More at garb, yare, gear

## AI Etymology
Garbage comes from late Middle English garbage (“the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste”, originally “refuse, what is purged away”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French garber (“to refine, make neat or clean”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *garwijan (“to make ready”). Akin to Old High German garawan (“to prepare, make ready”), Old English ġearwian (“to make ready, adorn”). More at garb, yare, gear. In current use, the main senses are “Things you throw away because they are no longer wanted; waste” and “A container where waste is put”.

## Topics
- Environment & Ecology
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