waste+matter

  • 1waste matter — noun any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted they collect the waste once a week much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers • Syn: ↑waste, ↑waste material, ↑waste product • Derivationally related forms: ↑waste …

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  • 2waste matter — /ˈweɪst mætə/ (say wayst matuh) noun 1. any material regarded as unwanted and to be discarded. 2. excrement …

  • 3waste|wa|ter — «WAYST WT uhr, WOT », noun. water containing waste matter; sewage …

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  • 4waste product — noun any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted they collect the waste once a week much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers • Syn: ↑waste, ↑waste material, ↑waste matter • Derivationally related forms: ↑waste …

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  • 5matter — [[t]mæ̱tə(r)[/t]] ♦ matters, mattering, mattered 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A matter is a task, situation, or event which you have to deal with or think about, especially one that involves problems. It was clear that she wanted to discuss some… …

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  • 6waste pipe — noun a pipe through which liquid is carried away • Syn: ↑drain, ↑drainpipe • Derivationally related forms: ↑drain (for: ↑drain) • Hypernyms: ↑pipe, ↑ …

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  • 7waste material — noun any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted (Freq. 1) they collect the waste once a week much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers • Syn: ↑waste, ↑waste matter, ↑waste product • Derivationally related fo …

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  • 8waste — Synonyms and related words: Arabia Deserta, Death Valley, Sahara, abate, ablate, ablation, absorption, acarpous, afterglow, afterimage, arid, assimilation, atrophy, attenuate, attrition, back, back of beyond, back country, backwood, backwoods,… …

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  • 9waste basket — Basket Bas ket, n. [Of unknown origin. The modern Celtic words seem to be from the English.] 1. A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven. Rude baskets . . . woven of the flexile willow …

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  • 10waste —   Ho omāunauna, ho opau, uha uha.   Also: ho omāuna, māuna, uha, kae; away, emi, hōki i, māilo, ho omāilo, māio, ho omāio, ho okilo, mae.   Waste matter, nā mea ino, ōpala, moka.   To eat wastefully, ai uha uha.   To waste food, ho opau ai (fig …

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