{
    "term": "rubbish",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "things that you throw away because you no longer want or need them",
            "labels": "(especially British English)British EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish EnglishNorth American English(especially British English)(especially North American English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **rubbish bag/bin**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a rubbish dump/heap/tip"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The streets were littered with rubbish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "garden/household rubbish"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rubbish is collected on Tuesdays."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Weeks have gone by without a rubbish collection, and the stench is terrible."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is supporting a campaign to encourage people to recycle their rubbish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's clearing rubbish out of the attic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I forgot to put the rubbish out last night."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Someone had dumped their rubbish by the road."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was rubbish strewn around everywhere."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Throw the rubbish in the bin."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Over a third of British household rubbish is packaging."
                },
                {
                    "text": "About three million tonnes of rubbish will be thrown away."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["The environment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["domestic", "household", "garden"],
                "… of rubbish": ["bag", "pile", "tons"],
                "verb + rubbish": ["put out", "collect", "remove"],
                "rubbish + verb": ["decay", "rot"],
                "rubbish + noun": ["bag", "bin", "skip"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "something that you think is of poor quality",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I thought the play was rubbish!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film was absolute/complete rubbish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do we have to listen to this rubbish music?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They said I was a rubbish boss."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had some rubbish teachers at school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was told their new album's complete rubbish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The antique shop was just full of old rubbish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many critics see the paintings as worthless rubbish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Why are you eating such rubbish?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["absolute", "complete", "total"],
                "verb + rubbish": ["talk"],
                "preposition": ["rubbish about"],
                "phrases": ["a load of rubbish", "what rubbish!"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "comments, ideas, etc. that you think are stupid or wrong",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Rubbish! You're not fat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You're talking a load of rubbish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's not rubbish—it's true!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He described the claims as utter rubbish and nonsense."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What he said was just a load of old rubbish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the usual rubbish about his undiscovered talents"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's always talking rubbish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That suggestion's absolute rubbish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Then we were told a lot of rubbish about ‘leadership’ and ‘bonding’."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "nonsense",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["absolute", "complete", "total"],
                "verb + rubbish": ["talk"],
                "preposition": ["rubbish about"],
                "phrases": ["a load of rubbish", "what rubbish!"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrʌbɪʃ/",
                "audio": "ru/rubbish/rubbish__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈrʌbɪʃ/",
                "audio": "ru/rubbish/rubbish__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French rubbous; perhaps related to Old French robe ‘spoils’; compare with rubble. The change in the ending was due to association with -ish. The verb (1950s) was originally Australian and New Zealand slang."
}