déchet — meaning in English

English meaning

• garbage noun Waste material, especially food scraps and household rubbish, thrown away as useless.
• landfill noun A site where waste is buried in the ground under layers of soil.
• trash noun Discarded material; garbage or rubbish.

Senses

déchet is used for these senses in English:

• garbage Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.
• landfill (uncountable) Such material that is disposed.
• trash (chiefly, North American) Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.

garbage — full definition

1. noun Waste material, especially food scraps and household rubbish, thrown away as useless.
2. noun Nonsense, or something of very poor quality.

landfill — full definition

1. noun A site where waste is buried in the ground under layers of soil.
2. verb To dispose of waste by burying it in such a site.

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