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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odds and ends; garbage |
| Synonyms: | clutter, collateral, debris, filth, hogwash, litter, miscellany, offal, refuse, rubbish, rubble, rummage, salvage, scrap, trash, waste |
| Main Entry: | flotsam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | floating debris |
| Synonyms: | cargo, castoffs, jetsam, junk, odds and ends, sea-drift, wreckage |
| Notes: | flotsam are goods floating on the sea (French floter) and jetsam are things thrown into the sea (short for jettison, from French jeter) |
| Main Entry: | garbage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuse, litter |
| Synonyms: | bits and pieces, debris, detritus, dreck, dregs, dross, filth, junk, muck, odds and ends, offal, rubbish, rubble, scrap, scrapings, sewage, slop, sweepings, swill, trash, waste |
| Notes: | debris is the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up; garbage is food that is discarded or useless rubbish or a receptacle where rubbish is discarded; trash is worthless material that is to be disposed or a worthless or contemptible person |
| Main Entry: | heroin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smack |
| Synonyms: | H, big H, candy*, crap, diacetylmorphine, doojee, dope, drug, flea powder, hard stuff, horse*, junk*, mojo, narcotic, opium, scag, white stuff |
| Notes: | heroin (the drug) is based on Latin/Greek heros 'hero' because of its effects on the user's self-esteem; heroine is a courageous principal female character (the counterpart of hero) |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jewelry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | precious stones, metals worn as decoration |
| Synonyms: | adornment, anklet, band, bangle, bauble, beads, bijou, bracelet, brass, brooch, cameo, chain, charm, choker, costume, cross, crown, diamonds, earring, finery, frippery, gem, glass*, gold, ice*, jewel, junk*, knickknack, lavaliere, locket, necklace, ornament, pendant, pin, regalia, ring, rock, rosary, silver, solitaire, sparkler, stickpin, stone, tiara, tie pin, treasure, trinket |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lemon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dud |
| Synonyms: | failure, flop, junk, piece of junk, reject |
| Main Entry: | litter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mess, debris |
| Synonyms: | clutter, collateral, confusion, detritus, disarray, disorder, garbage, hash, hodgepodge, jumble, jungle, junk, mishmash, muck, muddle, offal, rash, refuse, rubbish, rummage, scattering, scramble, shuffle, trash, untidiness, waste |
| Antonyms: | cleanliness, sterility |
| Main Entry: | narcotic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | powerful drug inducing anesthesia or sleep |
| Synonyms: | analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, dope*, downer, fix*, hard drug, hard stuff, heroin, hypnotic, junk*, laudanum, lenitive, merchandise*, nepenthe, opiate, opium, painkiller, sedative, somnifacient, soporific, stuff*, stupefacient, tranquilizer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | refuse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
| Synonyms: | debris, dregs, dross, dump, dunghill, dust, hogwash, junk, leavings, litter, muck, offal, rejectamenta, remains, residue, rubbish, scraps, scum*, sediment, slop, sweepings, swill, trash, waste, waste matter |
| Notes: | one declines (or accepts) something that is offered; one refuses (or agrees) to accept something offered |
| Antonyms: | assets, possessions, property |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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