waste matter

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waste matter - 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"waste, waste material, waste productmaterial, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"dross, impurity - worthless or dangerous material that should be removed; "there were impurities in the water"exhaust, exhaust fumes, fumes - gases ejected from an engine as waste productsbody waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion - waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the bodyfilth, skank, crud - any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasantsewage, sewerage - waste matter carried away in sewers or drainseffluent, sewer water, wastewater - water mixed with waste matterfood waste, garbage, refuse, scraps - food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)pollutant - waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soilrubbish, trash, scrap - worthless material that is to be disposed ofslop - (usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand; "she carried out the sink slops"toxic industrial waste, toxic waste - poisonous waste materials; can cause injury (especially by chemical means)