Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

garbage patch

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables: garbage -patch
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of land used for dumping rubbish.

Australian usage; Canadian usage; American usage

noun

A gyre of marine debris particles caused by the effects of ocean currents and increasing plastic pollution by humans.

Example Sentences

"A reconnaissance flight taken in a modified C-130 Hercules aircraft found a vast clump of mainly plastic waste at the northern edge of what is known as the “great Pacific garbage patch”, located between Hawaii and California."

Usage

Inflected Forms

garbage patches (plural)

Phrases

Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Questions

What does garbage patch mean?: A piece of land used for dumping rubbish.

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