Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 8th edition

Oxford University Press, 2010

gar

bage
BrE /bd/
NAmE /rbd/
noun
[uncountable]
1 (especially NAmE) waste food, paper, etc. that you throw away
garbage collection
Don't forget to take out the garbage.
2 (especially NAmE) a place or container where waste food, paper, etc. can be placed
Throw it in the garbage.
3 (informal) something stupid or not true
rubbish
You mean you believe all that garbage? he said.
garbage in, garbage out (abbr. GIGO) used to express the idea that if wrong or
poor quality data is put into a computer, wrong or poor quality data will come out of it