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rubbish
1 rubbish in your house 2 rubbish in public places see also ENVIRONMENT
1 rubbish in your house - things that you do not want any more are rubbish (AmE garbage, trash)(noun U), (formal) refuse (noun U) When do they collect the rubbish? ◎ domestic refuse - old, useless things that do not have much value: junk (noun U) We got rid of a lot of junk when we moved house. - to get rid of a thing that you do not want: throw* sth away/out, (more informal) chuck sth away/out, (formal) dispose of sth; noun (U): disposal (of sth) Don't throw that away, I haven't finished with it. ◎ Shall I chuck out these old shoes? ◎ Please dispose of these batteries safely. - a container that you put rubbish in (usually kept in the kitchen): bin - a large container for rubbish (usually kept outside the house): dustbin (AmE garbage can, trashcan) - a bag that you put inside a dustbin: dustbin liner, dustbin bag - a basket or other container in which you put paper, etc that is to be thrown away: waste-paper basket, waste-paper bin (AmE waste-basket, wastebin) - a person whose job is to empty dustbins and remove rubbish: dustman (plural dustmen) - a kind of lorry that is used for collecting rubbish from dustbins: dustcart (AmE garbage truck) - a place where rubbish is left: (rubbish) tip, rubbish dump, refuse tip We took the old fridge to the tip.
2 rubbish in public places - pieces of paper, packets, etc that are dropped in a public place: litter (noun U) - if you drop litter, you litter a place The playground was littered with crisp packets. - a person who drops litter in a public place: litter lout (AmE litterbug) Don't be a litter lout! - a container to put litter in: litter bin ※ MORE ... - a material, food, etc that is not needed and is therefore thrown away: waste (noun U) household waste ◎ the disposal of radioactive waste ◎ waste paper - something that you do not want any more but that is made of material that can be used again: scrap (noun U) scrap metal ◎ Have you got a piece of scrap paper I can write on? - goods that are made to be used once and then thrown away are disposable a disposable razor ◎ disposable nappies
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