Abfall — meaning in English
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English meaning
- drop noun A small round blob of liquid.
- garbage noun Waste material, especially food scraps and household rubbish, thrown away as useless.
- litter noun Rubbish or trash left lying around in a public place.
- plummet verb To fall suddenly and steeply.
- refuse verb To say no to a request, offer, or order.
- scrap noun A small leftover piece or fragment of something.
- trash noun Discarded material; garbage or rubbish.
- waste noun Material that is no longer wanted or useful; rubbish.
Senses
Abfall is used for these senses in English:
- drop The distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level.
- garbage Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.
- plummet (figuratively) A decline; a fall; a drop.
- refuse Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.
- scrap (uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
- trash (chiefly, North American) Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
- waste Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
drop — full definition
- noun A small round blob of liquid.
- verb To let something fall, or to fall oneself.
- verb To release something (a song, product, or piece of information) to the public.
- verb To stop doing, discuss, or associate with something; to abandon it.
garbage — full definition
- noun Waste material, especially food scraps and household rubbish, thrown away as useless.
- noun Nonsense, or something of very poor quality.