disposal of garbage

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• disposal — disposal, disposition are frequently used without clear distinction when they mean the act or the power of disposing of something. However, when the emphasis is upon what shall be done with money, property, or possessions, disposal tends to imply …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• garbage disposer — garbage disposal or garbage disposer, an electric grinder, usually installed in the drain of a kitchen sink, that turns garbage into small pellets which pass into the sewage system …   Useful english dictionary

• garbage disposal — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms garbage disposal : singular garbage disposal plural garbage disposals American waste disposal …   English dictionary

• garbage disposal — garbage disposals N COUNT A garbage disposal or a garbage disposal unit is a small machine in the kitchen sink that breaks down waste matter so that it does not block the sink. [AM] (in BRIT, use waste disposal) …   English dictionary

• Garbage — may refer to:*Waste, also known as trash or junk unwanted or undesired material **Food waste (in American English) **Waste management, collection, transport, processing or disposal of waste *Garbage (band), a rock music band ** Garbage (album),… …   Wikipedia

• Disposal (disambiguation) — Disposal is a situation in Australian rules football in which a player either kicks or handballs the football. Disposal may also refer to: Bomb disposal, the process by which hazardous explosive devices are rendered safe Disposal of human corpses …   Wikipedia

• garbage disposal — garbage dis.posal n AmE a small machine in the kitchen ↑sink which breaks vegetable waste into small pieces so that it washes down the ↑drain of the sink British Equivalent: waste disposal …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• disposal — [di spō′zəl] n. 1. the act of disposing; specif., a) arrangement in a particular order [the disposal of furniture in a room] b) a dealing with matters or settling of affairs c) a giving away; transfer; bestowal d) a getting rid of 2. the power to …   English World dictionary

• garbage disposal — garbage dis,posal noun count AMERICAN a piece of electrical equipment under the kitchen SINK (=container for holding water and for washing dishes.) that cuts food waste into very small pieces so that water will carry it away …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Garbage disposal — A garbage disposal, waste disposal unit, or garburator / garbarator (Canada) is a device, usually electrically powered, installed under a kitchen sink between the sink s drain and the trap which shreds food waste into pieces small enough to pass… …   Wikipedia

• disposal — n. availability 1) to have at one s disposal (I had a huge car at my disposal) 2) to place smt. at smb. s disposal 3) at smb. s disposal device used to grind up garbage 4) a garbage disposal; or: a garbage disposal unit elimination of refuse 5)… …   Combinatory dictionary