spilth

noun

ˈspilth How to pronounce spilth (audio)
Definition of spilthnext
as in garbage
discarded or useless material factories heedlessly spewing spilth into our waterways

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spilth
  1. garbage
  2. debris
  3. trash
  4. rubbish
  5. dust
  6. junk
  7. truck
  8. litter
Noun
  • Not to be the bearers of bad news, but your garbage disposal isn’t as good at disposing of garbage as the name implies.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024
  • There are two piles of garbage close to the Stage Star Deli at 105 West 55th Street, where the CCTV camera was recording.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of garbage
Noun
  • By late 2024, the agency distributed more than $1.2 billion in direct assistance to survivors of the Helene and Milton hurricanes, with another $1.1 billion allocated for debris removal and other measures.
    Micheline Maynard, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Geminid meteors are caused by dust and debris left in the inner solar system, not by a comet — as is usually the case for meteor showers — but by an asteroid called 3200 Phaethon, which hurtles through the solar system every 18 months.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of debris
Noun
  • The split resulted in viral photos of Affleck's brother, Casey, tossing a giant cardboard cutout of de Armas in the trash.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Krupin spent about $1,000 on initial supplies — a children’s gardening rake, trash bags, gloves, a dust pan and disinfectant — as well as an LLC, business insurance, a website domain, a cargo trailer and hitch for her car.
    Morgan Smith, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of trash
Noun
  • Go Disposable Gone are the days when disposable cups, plates, and utensils were synonymous with landfill rubbish.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Johnson: There’s so much rubbish talked about this.
    Susan Page, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of rubbish
Noun
  • This is why treadmills collect dust, gym memberships go unused and diets fail.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Who decided that Curtis Bay coal dust and Belair Road accidents were more timely and relevant to your readers?
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of dust
Noun
  • The Biden Administration waged its own war against junk fees.
    NerdWallet, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Chandler christened the beast as Big Foot, and showcased its brute strength by driving over junk cars at events all over the Midwest.
    Peter Nelson, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of junk
Noun
  • Fewer spectacles have inspired American automotive imaginations more than monster trucks.
    Peter Nelson, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • According to North Carolina Department of Corrections records, she was born on July 18, 1978, to a truck driver.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of truck
Noun
  • Last December, my young cat Snoopy was only a 2-month-old kitten living with his mama, litter mates and a family who would soon give him up for adoption.
    Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The five other tigers who were tracked in detail (as well as eight more that were not as intensively studied) have produced at least six litters of cubs and made 132 kills of prey that is more appropriate than Chinese goats.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of litter
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