Garbage and Gem

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Garbage noun - Discarded or useless material.

Usage example: the stray dogs were looking for leftover food in the family's garbage

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Gem is an antonym for garbage.

Nearby Word: garb

Gem noun - A usually valuable stone cut and polished for ornament.

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Garbage is an antonym for gem.

old	old garbage	old gem
real	real garbage	real gem
wrong	wrong garbage	wrong gem
living	living garbage	living gem
Other adjectives: beautiful, random, giant, red, magical.

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