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# rubbish

noun (rubbish, uncountable); adjective (informal, British); verb (rubbish — informal)

«rubbish» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Rubbish is things you throw away because they are no longer wanted or useful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubbish/#m1)
2. Rubbish means nonsense, something silly or untrue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubbish/#m2)
3. Rubbish (informal, British) means very bad, as in "I'm rubbish at drawing". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubbish/#m3)
4. To rubbish an idea is to say it is worthless. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubbish/#m4)

### In the lessons

In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, rubbish is the usual word; in the USA it is "trash" or "garbage". In lessons on the environment, sort rubbish for recycling, compost food waste, and never drop it as litter. Phrases: rubbish bin, take out the rubbish, talk rubbish, rubbish tip, a load of rubbish.

### Examples

- Put the rubbish in the bin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubbish/#x1)
- Can you take the rubbish out, please? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubbish/#x2)
- We sort our rubbish for recycling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubbish/#x3)
- Don't talk rubbish! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubbish/#x4)
- That film was rubbish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubbish/#x5)
- I'm rubbish at skipping, but I'm getting better. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubbish/#x6)
- The beach was covered in rubbish after the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubbish/#x7)
- But he only found a large basket full of rubbish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubbish/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable: some rubbish, a lot of rubbish, not "a rubbish" or "rubbishes". American words: trash, garbage. Calling someone's work "rubbish" is rude; choose kinder words.

## In Jewish tradition

In Nehemiah it is the heaps of ruined stone that the builders must clear to rebuild Jerusalem's wall.

**Interpretation.** The rebuilding of the wall is remembered as a sign of hope and hard work after the exile.

### Examples

- And Judah said: 'The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.' (Writings NEH.4.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rubbish/#x1)

### Note

Uncountable: some rubbish, a lot of rubbish, not "a rubbish" or "rubbishes". American words: trash, garbage. Calling someone's work "rubbish" is rude; choose kinder words.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rubbish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubbish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rubbish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rubbish.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «rubbish» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rubbish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rubbish» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/rubbish.html) on Mova free.