"garbage patch" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: garbage patches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} garbage patch (plural garbage patches)
  1. A piece of land used for dumping rubbish.
    Sense id: en-garbage_patch-en-noun-d1IIdrdh
  2. A gyre of marine debris particles caused by the effects of ocean currents and increasing plastic pollution by humans.
    Sense id: en-garbage_patch-en-noun-LUS4mkW2 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91

Inflected forms

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