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
  • Then again, one man’s garbage TV is another man’s treasure.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Prosecutors allege Portillo’s body was found by police wrapped in garbage bags and clothes stuffed under a bed inside Coto-Navarro’s apartment.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of garbage
Noun
  • Inspectors noted that dish racks had deteriorated with significant debris buildup.
    Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
  • For example, the speck-on-a-map village of Brienz in the Swiss Alps, east of Mont Blanc, finds itself in the path of a disintegrating mountainside consisting of 42 million cubic feet of debris.
    Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of debris
Noun
  • Nothing forced him to talk a little trash before the last game.
    Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The broken furniture, old clothing, drug paraphernalia and stacks of lottery tickets inside would eventually become 22 truckloads of trash.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of trash
Noun
  • In the city center and suburbs of Maputo, mountains of rubbish were piling up.
    Tavares Cebola, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Not this current rubbish that has been served up and charged at Michelin star rates.
    Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of rubbish
Noun
  • Other instruments will collect and study samples of moon dust (or regolith), measure the radiation environment on the lunar surface, and even study the electrical conductivity of the interior of the moon.
    Brett Tingley, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The OnePlus 13 is rated IP68 and IP69 for dust and water resistance.
    Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of dust
Noun
  • Skip the junk and level up to the Casabrews 5700PRO (7/10, WIRED Review), which offers an unfussy take on the art of homemade espresso drinks.
    Jaina Grey, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Or is junk journaling, and whatever crafting trends come next, just internet consumption with a different face?
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of junk
Noun
  • During past brownouts, including amid the Great Recession, the seven trucks saw their service calls more than triple, Olyer said.
    Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Officers eventually identified the vehicle that initiated the collision, a maroon Ford F-150, and established that the truck was registered to him, per the report.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of truck
Noun
  • We have long been treated like the runt of the litter, distancing ourselves from politics and known for having low voter turnouts.
    Gil Rebollar, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Expand All Large shards of fiberglass debris litter the bay bottom just outside channel Marker 15 along Cutter Bank at the southern edge of Biscayne Bay — another possible indicator of the moments leading up to a fatal Labor Day weekend boat crash.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of litter
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