WASTE MATTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does waste matter mean? 

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

1. any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WASTE MATTER (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 matter" 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 matter"):

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 

Loperamide hydrochloride slows the movement of the muscles in the small intestine to allow more water to be taken out of the feces (waste matter) and more nutrients to be absorbed.

(Loperamide hydrochloride, NCI Dictionary)

Imodium slows the movement of the muscles in the small intestine to allow more water to be taken out of the feces (waste matter) and more nutrients to be absorbed.

(Imodium, NCI Dictionary)

THe process by which waste matter is discharged from the body

(Excretion, NCI Thesaurus)