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Trash

That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.

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Broader term 13

Belittle 76% connected

To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.

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Discard 76% connected

To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).

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Disparage 76% connected

To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage.

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Dispose 76% connected

To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.

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Drivel 76% connected

To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot, or dotard.

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Fling 76% connected

To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.

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Garbage 76% connected

Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or loathsome.

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Rabble 76% connected

An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling.

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Riffraff 76% connected

Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of society.

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Speed 76% connected

Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success.

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Toss 76% connected

To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

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Upper 76% connected

Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a…

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Waste 76% connected

Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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Debris 76% connected

Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively; especially, fragments detached from a rock or mountain, and piled up at the base.

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Detritus 76% connected

A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial detritus.

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Dust 76% connected

Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portion…

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Junk 76% connected

A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.

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Litter 76% connected

A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it.

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Rubble 76% connected

Water-worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing courses of walls.

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Junk 74% connected

A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.

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Junk 74% connected

A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.

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Rubble 74% connected

Water-worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing courses of walls.

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Rubble 74% connected

Water-worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing courses of walls.

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Synonym 14

Chalk 92% connected

A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common l…

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Crank 92% connected

A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Folderol 92% connected

Nonsense.

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Glass 92% connected

A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or…

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Ice 92% connected

Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, britt…

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Junk 92% connected

A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.

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Meth 92% connected

See Meathe.

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Pan 92% connected

A part; a portion.

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Rubbish 92% connected

Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; debris.

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Scrap 92% connected

Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

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Scum 92% connected

The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; als…

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Tripe 92% connected

The large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.

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Trumpery 92% connected

Deceit; fraud.

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Wish-wash 92% connected

Any weak, thin drink.

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