Garbage and Scrap

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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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Scrap is a synonym for garbage in rubbish topic. In some cases you can use "Scrap" instead a noun "Garbage", when it comes to topics like refuse.

Nearby Word: garb

Scrap noun - An unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value.

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Garbage is a synonym for scrap in waste topic. Sometimes you can use "Garbage" instead a noun "Scrap", if it concerns topics such as rubbish.

Nearby Words: scrape, scrappy, scraped, scrapped, scraping

old	old garbage	old scrap
good	good garbage	good scrap
complete	complete garbage	complete scrap
proper	proper garbage	proper scrap
Other adjectives: actual, useless, less, random, recyclable.

The second gang, the Dust Men, wear armor that's mainly made out of garbage and scrap metal.

Source: Gang of Hats
Even without that, she still also throws scrap, garbage and kittens at people as an attack.

Source: Improbable Weapon User / Video Games
Even though he's built from scrap parts found in garbage dumps in the Australian wasteland where Roberts' tribe lives, he manages to interact with, even outsmart, more modern robots/programs.

Source: Good Old Robot

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