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# rubbish

«rubbish» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **things you throw away because they are no longer wanted…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Rubbish is things you throw away because they are no longer wanted or useful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rubbish/#m1)

2) Rubbish means nonsense, something silly or untrue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rubbish/#m2)

3) Rubbish (informal, British) means very bad, as in "I'm rubbish at drawing". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rubbish/#m3)

4) To rubbish an idea is to say it is worthless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rubbish/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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

- 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rubbish/#x1)
- Put the rubbish in the bin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rubbish/#x2)
- Can you take the rubbish out, please? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rubbish/#x3)
- We sort our rubbish for recycling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rubbish/#x4)
- Don't talk rubbish! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rubbish/#x5)
- That film was rubbish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rubbish/#x6)
- I'm rubbish at skipping, but I'm getting better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rubbish/#x7)
- The beach was covered in rubbish after the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rubbish/#x8)
- But he only found a large basket full of rubbish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rubbish/#x9)

### 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 the corpora

- [Neighbours sometimes disagree about hedges, fences, noise or rubbish, and most disputes are solved by a friendly chat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/10/)
- [Some storks from Spain and Portugal now stay all winter and eat at rubbish dumps instead of flying to Africa.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/375-white-storks-ukraine-s-favourite-birds-and-their-journey-to-africa/17/)
- ["Sanitation engineer" is a joking or puffed-up name for a rubbish or garbage collector (US).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/21-work-firing-and-the-economy/24/)
- [Food, rubbish and even toothpaste must be stored away from bears at a campsite.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/26-wild-animals/12/)
- [Batteries should be recycled at a battery bin, because in ordinary rubbish they can leak poison and start fires in bin lorries.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/113-babies-batteries-and-magnets/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rubbish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rubbish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.