noun
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
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they collect the waste once a week
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much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers
• Syn: ↑waste, ↑waste material, ↑waste matter
• Hyponyms:
↑impurity, ↑dross, ↑exhaust, ↑exhaust fumes, ↑fumes, ↑body waste, ↑excretion, ↑excreta, ↑excrement, ↑excretory product, ↑filth, ↑crud, ↑skank, ↑sewage, ↑sewerage, ↑effluent, ↑wastewater, ↑sewer water, ↑garbage, ↑refuse, ↑food waste, ↑scraps, ↑pollutant, ↑rubbish, ↑trash, ↑scrap, ↑slop, ↑toxic waste, ↑toxic industrial waste
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noun1. : debris resulting from a process (as of manufacture) that is of no further use to the system producing it
the waste products of one industry may be the raw materials of another
2. : material (as feces, urine, or desquamated cells) discharged from or stored in an inert form in a living body as a by-product of its vital activities
animal waste products fill much of the nitrogen demand of plants
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1. material discarded as useless in the process of producing something.
2. feces, urine, and other material excreted in the life process.
[1930-35]
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waste product noun
Material produced in a process and discarded on the completion of that process
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Main Entry: ↑waste
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noun, pl ⋯ -ducts [count]
: useless material that is produced when making something else
a hazardous waste product
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a useless material or substance produced while making sth else
Useful english dictionary. 2012.