Phrase Hound found 87 phrases and 77 compound words that contain waste. The most common are listed below. Open waste in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 87
- waste of timeA pointless or unproductive task.
- radioactive wasteWaste containing radioactive nuclides.
- waste timeTo allow time to elapse in an unproductive manner.
- go to wasteTo remain unused; not to fulfill its purpose.
- waste of spaceUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see waste, of, space.
- Hazardous Waste
- Waste Management
- waste disposalA garbage disposal.
- Solid-waste
- waste waterAlternative form of wastewater: Any water that has been used in some human domestic or industrial activity and, as a result, now contains waste products.
- toxic wasteAny waste that can cause death or injury to living creatures, especially poisonous chemical compounds.
- nuclear wasteThe more or less radioactive waste produced by nuclear reactors and others.
- waste awayTo lose energy or become weak and feeble.
- run to wasteTo become incapable or useless.
- e-wasteDiscarded electrical and electronic equipment.
- waste productsplural of waste product: An unwanted material produced during some manufacturing or industrial process.
- Waste Treatment
- Waste stream
- Waste Collection
- Waste materials
- Industrial Waste
- Waste Reduction
- Municipal Waste
- goes to wastethird-person singular simple present indicative of go to waste: To remain unused; not to fulfill its purpose.
- going to wastepresent participle and gerund of go to waste
Compound words 77
- wastefulInclined to waste or squander money or resources.
- wasterSomeone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
- wastebasketA usually small indoor receptacle for items that are to be discarded; a rubbish bin.
- wastepaperUnwanted paper that has been discarded.
- wastegateA valve that allows exhaust gases to bypass an engine's turbocharger, in order to keep from overspeeding the turbocharger rotor or driving the boost pressure high enough to risk engine knocking or detonation.
- biowastewaste of a biological nature
- wastestreamThe flow of waste materials from source to destination.
- wastyResembling a waste or wasteland; desert; (by extension) deserted, desolate.
- wastenTo make or become waste (i.e. barren, dejected, dismal, feeble, or sickly) or wasted
- wastegroundA barren stretch of ground; wasteland.