waste product
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waste product
n.
An unusable or unwanted substance or material produced during or as a result of a process, such as metabolism or manufacturing.
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Noun | 1. | waste product - 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" material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" dross, impurity - worthless or dangerous material that should be removed; "there were impurities in the water" body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion - waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body pollutant - waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil slop - (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand; "she carried out the sink slops" toxic industrial waste, toxic waste - poisonous waste materials; can cause injury (especially by chemical means) |
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