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  • 21rubbish*/ — [ˈrʌbɪʃ] noun [U] British 1) things that you throw away because they are no longer useful The streets were littered with rubbish.[/ex] 2) things that someone says or writes that are not reasonable or sensible Syn: nonsense As usual, he was… …

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  • 22rubbish compactor — /ˈrʌbɪʃ kəmpæktə/ (say rubish kuhmpaktuh) noun a device, as in a rubbish truck or rubbish dump, which crushes rubbish to reduce the volume that it occupies …

  • 23rubbish heap — /ˈrʌbɪʃ hip/ (say rubish heep) noun 1. a pile of accumulated rubbish. –phrase 2. toss on(to) the rubbish heap, to discard as worthless. Also, rubbish heap …

  • 24rubbish heap — noun an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter • Syn: ↑garbage heap, ↑junk heap, ↑scrapheap, ↑trash heap, ↑junk pile, ↑trash pile, ↑refuse heap • Hypernyms …

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  • 25rubbish — n. an accumulation, heap, pile of rubbish * * * [ rʌbɪʃ] heap pile of rubbish an accumulation …

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  • 26rubbish — noun 1) throw away that rubbish See garbage 1) 2) she s talking rubbish Syn: nonsense, balderdash, gibberish, claptrap, blarney, moonshine, garbage; informal hogwash, baloney, jive, guff, trip …

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  • 27rubbish — noun 1) throw away that rubbish Syn: refuse, waste, litter, scrap, dross; N.Amer. garbage, trash; informal dreck, junk 2) she s talking rubbish Syn: nonsense, gibberish, claptrap …

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  • 28rubbish bin — /ˈrʌbɪʃ bɪn/ (say rubish bin) noun 1. Also, rubbish tin, garbage bin. a container in which household rubbish is kept for disposal. 2. a wastepaper basket …

  • 29rubbish — n. nonsense. (Also an exclamation.) □ I’m tired of listening to your rubbish. □ Rubbish! That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard …

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  • 30rubbish pulley — Gin Gin, n. [A contraction of engine.] [1913 Webster] 1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. Chaucer. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. (a) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with …

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