Meaning

2 senses
  1. Something made incidentally during the production of something else.

    a product made during the manufacture of something else

  2. A consequence, especially a side effect.

    The many Indian restaurants all over Britain are a by-product of the large waves of immigration from the subcontinent.

    Nebenwirkung

    побо́чный эффе́ктpobóčnyj effékt

    a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
secondary product:
Русский
By meaning 2
secondary product:
side effect:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
secondary product:
side effect:

Forms

plural: by-products

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a product made during the manufacture of something else:byproductspin-off
  • a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence:byproduct

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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