Rubbish ˈrʌbɪʃ I Extra Examples Noun Bag/Bin Dump/Heap/Tip

• a rubbish bag/bin
• a rubbish dump/heap/tip
• the streets were littered with rubbish.
• garden/household rubbish

rubbish

1. things that you throw away because you no longer want or need them
• SEE ALSO garbage
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/garbage
• a rubbish bag/bin
• a rubbish dump/heap/tip
• The streets were littered with rubbish.
• garden/household rubbish
• The rubbish is collected on Tuesdays.
• Weeks have gone by without a rubbish collection, and the stench is terrible.
• He is supporting a campaign to encourage people to recycle their rubbish.

Extra Examples

• He's clearing rubbish out of the attic.
• I forgot to put the rubbish out last night.
• Someone had dumped their rubbish by the road.
• There was rubbish strewn around everywhere.
• Throw the rubbish in the bin.
• Over a third of British household rubbish is packaging.
• About three million tonnes of rubbish will be thrown away.
2. something that you think is of poor quality
• I thought the play was rubbish!
• The film was absolute/complete rubbish.
• Do we have to listen to this rubbish music?
• They said I was a rubbish boss.

Extra Examples

• We had some rubbish teachers at school.
• I was told their new album's complete rubbish.
• The antique shop was just full of old rubbish.
• Many critics see the paintings as worthless rubbish.
• Why are you eating such rubbish?
3. comments, ideas, etc. that you think are stupid or wrong
• SYNONYM nonsense
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/nonsense
• Rubbish! You're not fat.
• You're talking a load of rubbish.
• It's not rubbish—it's true!
• He described the claims as utter rubbish and nonsense.

Extra Examples

• What he said was just a load of old rubbish.
• the usual rubbish about his undiscovered talents
• She's always talking rubbish.
• That suggestion's absolute rubbish.
• Then we were told a lot of rubbish about ‘leadership’ and ‘bonding’.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French rubbous; perhaps related to Old French robe ‘spoils’; compare with rubble. The change in the ending was due to association with -ish. The verb (1950s) was originally Australian and New Zealand slang.