Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

garbage man

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables: garbage -man
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone, usually male, whose job it is to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed.

Australian usage; Canadian usage; American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

garbage men (plural) garbageman (alternative)

Synonyms

bin man dustman garbage collector garbo refuse collector sanitation engineer trashman garbageman

Questions

What does garbage man mean?: Someone, usually male, whose job it is to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed.

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