Lexic.us

Definition of Garbage heap

1. Noun. An accumulation of refuse and discarded matter.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Garbage Heap

Literary usage of Garbage heap

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... heap of rubbish (1. of garbage 1. of refuse), garbage- heap; (sonta-) dunghill, -kasa rubbish- heap, garbage-heap. ..."

2. The Popular Science Monthly (1893)
"The fact that such ornaments as the shell beads, which must have been highly prized by their owners, were thrown with the bones into the common garbage-heap ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"The fact that such ornaments as the shell beads, which must have been highly prized by their owners, were thrown with the bones into the common garbage-heap ..."

4. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"The occasion, however, did not arise, and Mr. Bruis finally stood right before a broad open water, and right next a garbage heap with a quantity of ..."

5. The Transactions of the New York Academy of Medicine by New York Academy of Medicine (1894)
"I have seen a considerable garbage heap, and a dead fowl upon the ice covering the brook. Plate X. This house, as will be seen, is built over the brook. ..."

6. Food Preservatives: Their Advantages and Proper Use; the Practical Versus by Robert Gibson Eccles (1905)
"If he adds preservatives to certain kinds of foods that without such preservatives might have to be consigned to the garbage heap, is it wrong for him to ..."

7. Stalk Abroad, Being Some Account of the Sport Obtained During a Two Years by Harold Frank Wallace (1908)
"Late one night, when we were staying at "Old Faithful" Inn, I got the guide to turn the searchlight on to a garbage heap. There we saw a fat little black ..."

8. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... heap of rubbish (1. of garbage 1. of refuse), garbage- heap; (sonta-) dunghill, -kasa rubbish- heap, garbage-heap. ..."

9. The Popular Science Monthly (1893)
"The fact that such ornaments as the shell beads, which must have been highly prized by their owners, were thrown with the bones into the common garbage-heap ..."

10. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"The fact that such ornaments as the shell beads, which must have been highly prized by their owners, were thrown with the bones into the common garbage-heap ..."

11. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"The occasion, however, did not arise, and Mr. Bruis finally stood right before a broad open water, and right next a garbage heap with a quantity of ..."

12. The Transactions of the New York Academy of Medicine by New York Academy of Medicine (1894)
"I have seen a considerable garbage heap, and a dead fowl upon the ice covering the brook. Plate X. This house, as will be seen, is built over the brook. ..."

13. Food Preservatives: Their Advantages and Proper Use; the Practical Versus by Robert Gibson Eccles (1905)
"If he adds preservatives to certain kinds of foods that without such preservatives might have to be consigned to the garbage heap, is it wrong for him to ..."

14. Stalk Abroad, Being Some Account of the Sport Obtained During a Two Years by Harold Frank Wallace (1908)
"Late one night, when we were staying at "Old Faithful" Inn, I got the guide to turn the searchlight on to a garbage heap. There we saw a fat little black ..."

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