Word

waste matter, n.

any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
<noun.substance> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1

waste waste material waste matter waste product

sample sentences

"they collect the waste once a week"
"much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

waste waste

semantic pointers

hypernym

material, stuff

hyponym

impurity, dross fumes, exhaust, exhaust fumes body waste, excretion, excreta, excrement, excretory product filth, crud, skank sewage, sewerage effluent, wastewater, sewer water garbage, refuse, food waste, scraps pollutant rubbish, trash, scrap slop toxic waste, toxic industrial waste