toxic waste
Any waste that can cause death or injury to living creatures, especially poisonous…Any waste that can cause death or injury to living creatures, especially poisonous chemical compounds.
» Tom keeps toxic waste in his garden.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)Any waste that can cause death or injury to living creatures, especially poisonous chemical compounds.
poisonous waste materials; can cause injury (especially by chemical means)
Examples
4 sentencesTom keeps toxic waste in his garden.
Is this an illegal toxic waste dump?
Pollution had turned the rivers into toxic waste.
A leader that lets toxic waste burn in military bases is one with the devil.
Forms
plural: toxic wastes| Singular | toxic waste |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- poisonous waste materials; can cause injury (especially by chemical means):toxic industrial waste
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.