Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

garburator

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gar-bu-ra-tor
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of garbage disposal.

Canadian usage; British usage

Example Sentences

"‘[…] She burped and tried to jam the bottle into the waste-hole of the waste-disposal thing, the thingummy.’ ‘Garburator,’ said Pigs Trotter. ‘I think they’re called Garburators.’ ‘Garburator, that’s it. She tried to jam the bottle down the Garburator.[…]’"

Etymology

Blend of garbage + incinerator. First attested in c. 1947 in the Winnipeg Tribune.

Origin

First known use: First attested in c. 1947

Usage

Canadian usage
British usage

Inflected Forms

garburators (plural) garbarator (alternative) garberator (alternative)

Derived Forms

garburate

Synonyms

garbage disposal

Questions

What does garburator mean?: Synonym of garbage disposal.
Where does garburator come from?: First known use: First attested in c. 1947.

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