RAFFLE Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

raffle

noun

Definition of raffle

as in garbage

discarded or useless material the front lawn was littered with the raffle that the roofers had left behind

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Recent Examples of raffle Through a randomized process, the Mackinac Bridge Authority proivides tower tour certificates to 25 nonprofit organizations, and each organization recipient then raffles or auctions off the certificates, according to the MBA's website. — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 27 Aug. 2026 Roulette, slots, wagers, lotteries, raffles, lucky spins and prize wheels are all prohibited. — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026 There was live music, raffles, fireworks, ice cream, food trucks, and plenty of Cup of Ambition, Parton’s coffee brand that is now regularly sold at the travel stop. — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026 This annual food sampling, wine and beer tasting, raffle and auction event welcomes couples and solo attendees alike. — Debby Rice, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for raffle

Recent Examples of Synonyms for raffle

Noun

Remove food that attracts wild animals by keeping garbage in closed, secure containers.

— Gagandeep Singh, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026
The only people who spoke up for this garbage were the people who put it together.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of garbage

Noun

Mercury's rough surface, continually reshaped by debris hurled from impact craters, may have hidden the true extent of the loss, according to the researchers whose findings appear in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
This comes after a partial glacier collapse in the Himalayan mountains unleashed a sudden surge of water, mud, and debris that swept through border crossings, valley communities, and hydropower projects on August 26.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of debris

Noun

Surging diesel fuel prices hit a milestone as prices slam California’s economy, from trucks to crops.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Film productions employ electricians, carpenters, caterers, truck drivers, hotel workers, and countless other working-class Americans.

— Sam Roseme, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of truck

Noun

It will then be loaded up with trash and sent down to a fiery death in Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
These community governance groups rely on owner dues and assessments to cover shared amenities, like pools, trash collection, and lawn maintenance.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of trash

Noun

Astroscale’s business is focused on satellite servicing and mitigation of space junk, a segment of the market that matches well with rockets the size of Isar’s Spectrum for dedicated rides to orbit.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
The three scoured data collected by the Chandra space telescope between 1999 and 2017 and painstakingly filtered out any random artifacts and other junk.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of junk

Noun

This comes at the expense of no movement in the wrist, but to be fair, having the lightsaber pointed in any other direction would look rubbish.

— Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Only construction waste will be accepted at the landfill such as, brush and rubbish, concrete, brick, rock, wood, paper, plastics, cardboard and roofing shingles and tiles.

— Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026

Definition of rubbish

Noun

Questions remain about how many people developed health problems linked to the dust.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
At the Great Omari Mosque, volunteers use paintbrushes to lift dust and gunpowder from the few thousand books that survived from a collection of twenty thousand.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

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