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单词 garburator
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garburatorn.

Brit. /ˈɡɑːb(j)ᵿreɪtə/, U.S. /ˈɡɑrbəˌreɪdər/, Canadian English /ˈɡɑrbəˌreidər/
Forms: 1900s– garbarator, 1900s– garberator, 1900s– garburator. Also with capital initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: garbage n., incinerator n.
Etymology: < garb- (in garbage n.) + -erator (in incinerator n.).In form garburator perhaps after carburettor n.
Chiefly Canadian.
A bladed, electric device installed beneath a sink which grinds or shreds food waste into small pieces that can pass through the plumbing. The form Garberator is a proprietary name in Canada.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > apparatus for refuse disposal
refuse destructor1880
refuse consumer1885
garbage disposal1928
wastemaster1946
garburator1947
disposal1953
waste-disposer1962
waste disposal unit1967
1947 Winnipeg Tribune 5 June (Final ed.) 25/3 (advt.) Come see the ‘Garberator!’ How it makes kitchen work easier, cleaner, more pleasant!
1948 Toronto Daily Star 6 Mar. 22/5 Garberator does not interfere with normal use of sink.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 13 Feb. 31/1 (advt.) Lovely modern kitchen equipped with dishwasher and garberator.
2003 N. A. T. Grant Race without Rules 163 He shoved them [sc. the latex gloves] along with the cigarette butt in the garburator, disintegrating the evidence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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