WASTE MATERIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does waste material mean? 

• WASTE MATERIAL (noun)
  The noun WASTE MATERIAL has 1 sense:

1. any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

  Familiarity information: WASTE MATERIAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WASTE MATERIAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

waste; waste material; waste matter; waste product

Context example:

much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers

Hypernyms ("waste material" is a kind of...):

material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "waste material"):

dross; impurity (worthless or dangerous material that should be removed)

exhaust; exhaust fumes; fumes (gases ejected from an engine as waste products)

body waste; excrement; excreta; excretion; excretory product (waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body)

crud; filth; skank (any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant)

sewage; sewerage (waste matter carried away in sewers or drains)

effluent; sewer water; wastewater (water mixed with waste matter)

food waste; garbage; refuse; scraps (food that is discarded (as from a kitchen))

pollutant (waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil)

rubbish; scrap; trash (worthless material that is to be disposed of)

slop ((usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand)

toxic industrial waste; toxic waste (poisonous waste materials; can cause injury (especially by chemical means))

 Context examples 

To get rid of waste material from the blood, tissues, or organs by a normal discharge (such as sweat, urine, or stool).

(Excrete, NCI Dictionary)

An ileostomy provides a new path for waste material to leave the body after part of the intestine has been removed.

(Ileostomy, NCI Dictionary)

A colostomy provides a new path for waste material to leave the body after part of the colon has been removed.

(Colostomy, NCI Dictionary)