Meaning & use

rubbish

noun·Everyday

Waste material that is discarded because it is no longer wanted or needed.

See it in a sentence

She took the rubbish out to the bin before the collectors arrived on Tuesday.

The park was littered with rubbish after the weekend festival ended.

A note on using this word

Rubbish is chiefly British English; American English favors 'garbage' or 'trash.' Informally it can also mean nonsense, as in 'that's rubbish.'

Words with a similar meaning

garbagetrashwaste

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Another way to use it

2. adjective

British informal: of very poor quality.

He said the film was rubbish and left before it ended.

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