pollutant

pol·lut·ant

P0417900 (pə-lo͞ot′nt)n. Something that pollutes, especially a waste material that contaminates air, soil, or water.

pollutant

(pəˈluːtənt) n (Environmental Science) a substance that pollutes, esp a chemical or similar substance that is produced as a waste product of an industrial process

pol•lu•tant

(pəˈlut nt)

n. 1. something that pollutes. 2. any substance, as a chemical or waste product, that renders the air, water, or other natural resource harmful or generally unusable. [1890–95]

pol·lut·ant

(pə-lo͞ot′nt) A substance, especially a waste material, that contaminates air, water, or soil.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pollutant - waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soilDDT, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane - an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972CFC, chlorofluorocarbon - a fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans; "the chlorine in CFCs causes depletion of atmospheric ozone"halon - a compound in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon have been replaced by bromine and other halogen atoms; very stable; used in fire extinguishers although it is thought to release bromine that depletes the ozone layernitrogen oxide - any of several oxides of nitrogen formed by the action of nitric acid on oxidizable materials; present in car exhaustswaste, waste material, waste matter, waste product - 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"sulfur dioxide, sulphur dioxide - a colorless toxic gas (SO2) that occurs in the gases from volcanoes; used in many manufacturing processes and present in industrial emissions; causes acid rain

pollutant

nounOne that contaminates:adulterant, adulterator, contaminant, contamination, contaminator, impurity, poison.

Translations

polluant