Garbage and Remains

Garbage

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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Remains and garbage are semantically related. in scraps topic. In some cases you can use "Remains" instead a noun "Garbage".

Nearby Word: garb

Remains noun - The portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed.

Usage example: the remains of the house ripped apart by the tornado littered the block for weeks afterward

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Garbage and remains are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Garbage" instead a noun "Remains".

old	old garbage	old remains
good	good garbage	good remains
actual	actual garbage	actual remains
real	real garbage	real remains
Other adjectives: buried, damaged, eventual, burnt.

But push her too far and she'll laugh maniacally as she shoves your husband's remains down the garbage disposal.

Source: Series / True Blood
Happens to Fin in an episode where he finds a child's remains in a garbage bag in a dumpster.

Source: Series / Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Said garbage is the remains of Core war units and is the only source of metal in that mission.

Source: Derelict Graveyard

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