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trash

noun verb

Useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
T
Ends with
H
Contains
RA
Scrabble score
8
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

/tɹæʃ/ /tɹæʃ/

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. Useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.

  2. A container into which things are discarded.

  3. Something worthless or of poor quality.

  4. People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash or Eurotrash.)

  5. A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.

    “I am Harry Potter trash.”

  6. Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.

  7. A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game.

verb

  1. To discard.

  2. To make into a mess.

    “The burglars trashed the house.”

  3. To beat soundly in a game.

  4. To disrespect someone or something

  5. To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop.

    “to trash the rattoons of sugar cane”

  6. To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.

  7. To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously.

In context

Example Sentences

I am Harry Potter trash.
The burglars trashed the house.
to trash the rattoons of sugar cane

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