trash

noun
UK: /træʃ/
US: /træʃ/

  1. Waste material; things that are no longer wanted or needed and are thrown away.

    1. Take out the trash it's smelling really bad today. [ ] [ ]
    2. The city provides weekly pickup for household trash and recycling materials. [ ] [ ]

  2. Something of very poor quality or with very little value.

    1. That movie was total trash I couldn't even finish it. [ ] [ ]
    2. I think a lot of what is on TV these days is just trash and doesn't help anyone. [ ] [ ]

Synonyms

awful waste debris lousy garbage junk scrap dump refuse rubbish terrible litter trash can discard
trash verb

  1. To throw something away because it is no longer wanted or needed.

    1. Don't trash that box I can reuse it for storage. [ ] [ ]
    2. The company trashed all the old computers instead of donating them. [ ] [ ]

  2. To severely damage or ruin something.

    1. The vandals trashed the school building during the night. [ ] [ ]
    2. The hurricane completely trashed the coastline, leaving homes destroyed. [ ] [ ]

  3. To criticize someone or something severely.

    1. The critics trashed the new play calling it boring and predictable. [ ] [ ]
    2. He trashed my idea in the meeting making me feel like I wasn't valued. [ ] [ ]
trash adjective

  1. Of very poor quality; worthless.

    1. That's a trash movie don't waste your time on it. [ ] [ ]
    2. The newspaper printed a trash story, completely unfounded on the facts. [ ] [ ]

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "trash" in English means: Waste material; things that are no longer wanted or needed and are thrown away., Something of very poor quality or with very little value..

The phonetic transcription of "trash" is /træʃ/ in British English and /træʃ/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "trash": awful, waste, debris, lousy, garbage, junk, scrap, dump, refuse, rubbish, terrible, litter, trash can, discard.

Example usage of "trash": "Take out the trash it's smelling really bad today.". More examples on the page.