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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

  1. noun A small round blob of liquid.
  2. verb To let something fall, or to fall oneself.
  3. verb To release something (a song, product, or piece of information) to the public.
  4. verb To stop doing, discuss, or associate with something; to abandon it.

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.

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