basura

Definitions of basura
  1. noun
    a kitchen appliance for disposing of garbage
    synonyms: cubo de la basura
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    type of:
    electrodoméstico de cocina
    a home appliance used in preparing food
  2. noun
    nonsensical talk or writing
    synonyms: birria, bodrio, borra, hojarasca, paja, porquería, tonterías, zurrapa, ñiquiñaque
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    type of:
    tonterías
    a worthless message
  3. noun
    fecal matter of animals
    synonyms: bosta, caca, cagadas, cagajón, estiércol, excremento, excrementos, freza, majada, palomino
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    type of:
    deyección, excremento, heces, hez, zulla
    solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
  4. noun
    food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
    synonyms: barredura, bazofia, desperdicio, desperdicios, despojo, majaderías, migajas, piltrafa, residuo, resto, ripio, sandeces, tonterías
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    type of:
    residuos
    any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
  5. noun
    worthless material that is to be disposed of
    synonyms: birria, bodrio, borra, hojarasca, paja, porquería, zurrapa, ñiquiñaque
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    types:
    cascajo, cascote, derribo, despojo, detrito, deyección, escombro, escombros, resto, ripio
    the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
    chatarra, hierro viejo
    iron to be melted again and reworked
    type of:
    residuos
    any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
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