Trash

Pronunciation

• enPR: trăsh, IPA: /træʃ/
• Rhymes: -æʃ

Origin

Probably a dialectal form of *trass (compare Orkney truss, English dialectal trous), from Old Norse tros ("rubbish, fallen leaves and twigs"). Compare Norwegian trask ("lumber, trash, baggage"), Swedish trasa ("rag, cloth, worthless fellow"), Swedish trås ("dry fallen twigs, wood-waste"). Compare also Old English þreahs, þreax ("rottenness, rubbish").

Full definition of trash

Noun

1. (chiefly US) Useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
• LandorA haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin.
2. A container into which things are discarded.
3. Something worthless or of poor quality.
4. (slang, derogatory) People of low social status or class. See, for example, white trash.
5. (computing) Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.
6. A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game.

Synonyms

• garbage (1-3), junk (1,3), refuse (1), rubbish, waste
• (container) trash can

Derived terms

Verb

1. (US) To discard.
2. (US) To make into a mess.The burglars trashed the house.
3. (US) To beat soundly in a game.
4. (US) To disrespect someone or something
5. To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop.to trash the rattoons of sugar cane
6. To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.
7. To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously.

Synonyms

Derived terms

• trash out

Anagrams

• harts
• raths