garbage disposal unit

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• garbage disposal unit — noun an electric device fitted into a kitchen sink which grinds food waste into a form in which it can be disposed down the wastewater system …  

• 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 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

• waste disposal unit — noun A system fitted to a kitchen sink for grinding down food waste so that it can be disposed of down the plug hole • • • Main Entry: ↑waste * * * waste disposal unit variant UK US Main entry: waste disposal * * * noun, pl ⋯ units [count] Brit …   Useful english dictionary

• Land disposal unit — A land disposal unit, or LDU, is a site in which hazardous waste is remedied through natural and man made processes.Types of LDUs for hazardous waste disposal (see RCRA Section 3004(k)):* Landfill * Surface impoundment * Waste pile * Land… …   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

• disposal — noun Date: 1630 1. the power or authority to dispose or make use of as one chooses < the car was at my disposal > 2. the act or process of disposing: as a. orderly placement or distribution b. regulat …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• disposal — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ safe ▪ illegal ▪ ultimate ▪ the problems of the ultimate disposal of nuclear waste ▪ garbage (AmE), refuse …   Collocations dictionary

• waste disposal — noun especially BrE 1 also waste disposal unit (C) a machine connected to the waste pipe of a kitchen sink that cuts solid waste into small pieces; garbage disposal AmE 2 (U) the process or system of getting rid of unwanted materials or… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• waste disposal — waste dis.posal n 1.) [U] the process of getting rid of unwanted materials or substances ▪ the problem of radioactive waste disposal 2.) also waste disposal unit BrE a small machine under the kitchen ↑sink that cuts food waste into small pieces… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• waste disposal — waste disposals N COUNT A waste disposal or a waste disposal unit is a small machine in a kitchen sink that chops up vegetable waste. [BRIT] (in AM, use garbage disposal) …   English dictionary