basura

La basura es todo material considerado como desecho y que se necesita eliminar. La basura es un producto de las actividades humanas al cual se le considera de valor igual a cero por el desechado. No necesariamente debe ser odorífica, repugnante e indeseable; eso depende del origen y composición de ésta.
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n. hemorrhoids, haemorrhoids [Brit.], piles

n. rubbish, refuse, garbage; dregs; manure, animal dung, fertilizer

= rubbish, junk, litter, garbage, dross, trash, schlock, shit, hogwash, cruft.
Ex: Science fiction may be so obviously rubbish that one is tempted to dismiss the whole product as rubbish.
Ex: All the librarian has is a pile of useless junk which people have given to the library instead of throwing out.
Ex: Indeed, she was delighted to forsake the urban reality of steel and glass, traffic and crime, aspirin and litter, for the sort of over-the-fence friendliness of the smaller city.
Ex: Some individuals are satisfied with a 50% 'hit' rate because they feel they can more quickly weed out the 'garbage' than they could compile the needed bibliography by hand.
Ex: They do have the problem, however, of being able to sort out the nuggets of literary gold from amongst the torrents of published dross.
Ex: For one thing, the librarian cannot really understand why his clients read 'trash' or books of ephemeral value.
Ex: Adolescents should be allowed such pleasant means of escaping reality and there's no reason why libraries can't accommodate a little schlock.
Ex: Until your skin gets use to it, it will itch but non-scented talcum powder will help, just make sure you don't inhale any of that shit.
Ex: The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.
Ex: This cruft doesn't harm the system, it merely takes up some space.
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* alcantarillado y basura = sanitation.
* arrojar a la basura = trash.
* basura industrial = industrial waste.
* basura urbana = municipal waste.
* bolsa de basura = bin liner, bin bag, rubbish bag, garbage bag.
* buscar entre la basura = scavenge.
* camión de la basura = garbage truck, rubbish truck, rubbish lorry, dustcart [dust cart].
* comida basura = junk food.
* con basura por el suelo = littered.
* contenedor de basura = rubbish skip.
* contenedor de la basura = dumpster.
* correo basura = junk mail, spam, junk e-mail.
* cubo de la basura = waste bin, trashcan [trash can], dustbin [dust bin], rubbish bin, trash bin, garbage can.
* eliminación de basura = waste disposal.
* mendigo que rebusca en la basura = dumpster rat.
* persona que tira basura al suelo = litterbug, litter lout.
* pordiosero de la basura = scavenger.
* recogida de basura = waste collection, garbage collection, refuse removal, refuse collection.
* sacar la basura = take out + the garbage.
* vertedero de basura = landfill site, landfill.
* vertedero de basuras = garbage dump.

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