wastewater
Any water that has been used in some human domestic or industrial activity and, as a…Any water that has been used in some human domestic or industrial activity and, as a result, now contains waste products.
» Benedito's work has implications for the future of wastewater treatment.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Any water that has been used in some human domestic or industrial activity and, as a result, now contains waste products.
Near-synonyms: sewage, sullage, graywater, blackwater, washwater, poop water (informal)
Abwasser
сто́чные во́дыstóčnyje vódy, помо́иpomói
- water mixed with waste matter
Examples
2 sentencesBenedito's work has implications for the future of wastewater treatment.
The ultraviolet light disinfects wastewater so completely that bacteria and other harmful microorganisms cannot grow.
deDas ultraviolette Licht desinfiziert Abwasser so gründlich, dass Bakterien und andere schädliche Mikroorganismen nicht wachsen können. — Yorwba
Translations
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Forms
plural: wastewatersSynonyms
8 synonyms- water mixed with waste matter:effluentsewer water
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable