waste
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- noun
- /weɪst/
:
residuo
- The remaining 5.4 million tons of waste wood were considered available for further recovery.
- hazardous waste
- solid waste
- waste management
We will not have nuclear waste being shipped to our state.
- We will not have nuclear waste being shipped to our state.
- You see textile waste piling up in mountains.
- It's more a plastic waste management problem.
- But anyway, what kind of risk does this nuclear waste pose, do you?
- We're all consumers, mostly food waste is now us.
- And that means like you're wasting producing all this waste.
- And so toxic waste is what the NHS prescribed me.
Examples
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Most countries also have specific lists of wastes that are exempt from hazardous waste regulation.
Academic text (1999) -
Reducing plastic waste is a priority for environmental activists around the world.
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In fact, they can use nuclear waste, old nuclear waste, as fuel.
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It's more a plastic waste management problem.
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We will not have nuclear waste being shipped to our state.
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We believe too much food gets thrown away, so we reclaim that food before it can go to waste.
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You're not gonna let this good bourbon go to waste, are you?
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To minimize waste generation, an integrated solid waste prevention strategy was conceptualized and implemented.
Academic text (1999) -
In 1998, an average of 2,633 lbs/resident of waste were generated, up 3.3 percent from 1997.
Academic text (1999) -
The factory produced a significant amount of waste that was dumped into the nearby river.
Synonyms
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4.1
Scattered broken pieces left after something is destroyed
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1.0
Unwanted food and other waste from a home or kitchen that you throw away
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1.0
Things people throw away because they are not wanted
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4.1
Food waste and scraps that you throw away
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2.9
A thing made and thrown away by a factory, machine, or body
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9.6
Waste material that forms on the surface of melted metal and is removed
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2.6
Things like old or broken items that are thrown away
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5.2
Loss of materials or food that could have been used
Things people throw away because they are not useful
An item that people throw away because they do not want it
Small pieces of rubbish left behind in a place
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.5
Radioactive material from medical tests and hospital procedures that has low radiation and needs safe handling
- Specialized
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7.8
Highly radioactive material left after nuclear fuel is used that needs safe storage for a long time
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4.3
A thing like time or money that is completely useless and gives no benefit
- Specialized
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4.7
Poisonous waste from factories that can harm people and nature
- Offensive
A rude phrase for something completely pointless and not worth your time
- Specialized
A place where people dump poisonous materials that must be cleaned because they can harm people or nature
- Specialized
A machine that presses waste like cardboard or plastic into tight bundles for easier handling
- Specialized
A large shallow pond that treats sewage using sunlight and bacteria and algae
How Useful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Waste comes from an old English word wāst meaning 'desert' or 'useless', and that idea of something having no use moved to things people throw away, so waste now means unwanted material.