garburator

English

Alternative forms
  • garbarator
  • Garberator (proprietary)
  • garberator

Etymology

1948 in Canada, from garbage + -ator.

Noun

garburator (plural garburators)

  1. (Canada, Britain) Synonym of garbage disposal.
    • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 37:
      ‘She burped and tried to jam the bottle into the waste-hole of the waste-disposal thing, the thingummy.’
      ‘Garburator,’ said Pigs Trotter. ‘I think they're called Garburators.’
      ‘Garburator, that's it. She tried to jam the bottle down the Garburator.’
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