WASTE PRODUCT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does waste product mean? 

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

1. any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WASTE PRODUCT (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 product" 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 product"):

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 

Red blood cells carry oxygen throughout the body and remove carbon dioxide (a waste product).

(How the spleen keeps blood healthy, NIH)

They remove waste products and extra water, which become urine.

(Kidney Diseases, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

It is a waste product made by the body.

(Carbon dioxide, NCI Dictionary)

In the study, CRI researchers showed lactate is not only a waste product but also acts as a fuel source consumed by lung cancer cells growing in patients and mice.

(Study Challenges Long-Standing Concept in Cancer Metabolism, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Carbon dioxide, a waste product made by the body’s tissues, is carried to the lungs, where it is breathed out.

(Lung function, NCI Dictionary)

It helps bring oxygen and nutrients to cells and to remove waste products from them.

(Interstitial fluid, NCI Dictionary)

The tubes inside filter and clean your blood, taking out waste products and making urine.

(Kidney Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Beta-amyloid is a metabolic waste product present in the fluid between brain cells.

(Lack of sleep may be linked to risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, National Institutes of Health)

This system helps tissues get enough oxygen and nutrients, and it helps them get rid of waste products.

(Cardiovascular System, NCI Dictionary)

Waste products the body cannot use leave the body through bowel movements.

(Digestive system, NCI Dictionary)