trash

¹trash

noun \ˈtrash\

Definition of TRASH

1

: something worth little or nothing: as a : junk, rubbish b (1) : empty talk : nonsense (2) : inferior or worthless writing or artistic matter (as a television show); especially : such matter intended purely for sensational entertainment (3) : trash talk

2

: something in a crumbled or broken condition or mass; especially : debris from pruning or processing plant material

3

: a worthless person; also : such persons as a group : riffraff

Examples of TRASH

1. Take out the trash, please.
2. I put the dirty diaper in the trash.
3. I can't believe you're reading that trash.
4. She thinks that they're all trash.

Origin of TRASH

Middle English trasch fallen leaves and twigs, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect trask rubbish; Old Norse tros fallen leaves and twigs, Old English trus

First Known Use: circa 1518

Related to TRASH

Synonyms: chaff, deadwood, debris, dreck (also drek), dross, dust, effluvium (also effluvia), junk, litter, offal, offscouring, raffle, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, scrap, spilth, garbage, truck, waste

Antonyms: A-list, aristocracy, elite, gentry, quality, society, upper class, upper crust

Related Words: crud, sewage, slop, swill, wash; detritus, remains, rubble, ruins; dump, scrap heap; lumber, odds and ends, trumpery; flotsam, jetsam, wreckage; castoff, cull, discard, hand-me-down, reject, throwaway; nothing, straw, two bits

Near Antonyms: catch, gem, goody (or goodie), jewel, pearl, plum, prize, treasure, treasure trove, trove, valuable; booty, find, salvage

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Rhymes with TRASH

Asch, ash, bash, brash, cache, cash, clash, crash, dash, fash, flash, gash, gnash, hash, lash, mash, pash, plash, rash, sash, slash, smash, splash, stash, thrash, thresh