trash

trash
noun (AmE) ⇨ See also ↑garbage, ↑rubbish
1 waste material
VERB + TRASH
dump, empty, throw away
take out

Can you take out the trash?

talk (figurative)

He was talking trash about my family.

TRASH + NOUN
bin, can
bag
heap (often figurative), pile

His theories were relegated to the trash heap of history.

talk (figurative)
2 offensive term for poor people
ADJECTIVE
gutter, street, trailer, white (all esp. AmE)

poor white trash


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