waste or worthless matter
1waste — I. v. a. 1. Decrease, diminish, wear, corrode, use up, prey upon, wear away, consume, wear out, impair gradually, diminish by constant loss. 2. Consume (foolishly), spend, expend, squander, dissipate, lose, misspend, misuse, fool away, fritter… …
2waste — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Gradual loss or decay Nouns 1. waste, wastage; dissipation; dispersion; ebb; leakage, loss; wear and tear; extravagance, wastefulness, prodigality, conspicuous consumption; waste of time; jeunesse dorée; …
3waste 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 …
4waste 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 …
5waste 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 …
6waste — 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 …
7waste — v 1. squander, fritter away, fool away, dissipate, lose, misuse, misspend; expend, consume, use up, drain, exhaust, deplete; throw away, burn up, run through, go through, Sl. blow; disperse, scatter, spill, muddle away; splurge, lavish, play the… …
8Zero waste — is a philosophy that aims to guide people in the redesign of their resource use system with the aim of reducing waste to zero. Put simply, zero waste is an idea to extend the current ideas of recycling to form a circular system where as much… …
9Refuse — Ref use (r?f ?s;277), n. [F. refus refusal, also, that which is refused. See {Refuse} to deny.] That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter. [1913 Webster] Syn: Dregs; sediment; scum; recrement; dross. [1913 Webster] …
10draff — n. Refuse, lees, dregs, sediment, scum, rubbish, stuff, waste or worthless matter …
