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Waste matter   /weɪst mˈætər/   Listen
Waste matter

noun
1.
Any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted.  Synonyms: waste, waste material, waste product.  "Much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"






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"Waste matter" Quotes from Famous Books



... the advantage over the last remedy of removing only the watery and not the formed elements from the circulation. The blood cells remain, leaving the blood as rich as it was before. Again, the glands of the intestines are stimulated to excrete much waste matter and other deleterious material which may be acting as a poison ...
— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture

... had met him in New York. He was no longer painting, she understood, but engaged in other work. That was sad. It was a mistake always not to do that which one could do with most joy. In the whirlpool of this life there was so much waste matter, so little that was complete and perfect, that no one with power had the right ...
— One Woman's Life • Robert Herrick

... clean and well-ventilated, for silkworms demand spotless surroundings as well as plenty of fresh air. Then we must not allow withered leaves or other refuse to collect on the shelves where the worms are feeding, for any waste matter ...
— The Story of Silk • Sara Ware Bassett

... the fire of purification, an illustration well understood at the time, since all the city refuse was taken to Gehenna, a place outside Jerusalem, where fire was always kept for the purpose of burning this waste matter. ...
— The Right Knock - A Story • Helen Van-Anderson

... honey. Each well seemed as large as a barrel. They climbed up along the sides of the combs, and saw some bees feeding the young, some building cells, some bringing in honey, some feeding the queen bee, some clearing out the waste matter, and others standing guard. They ...
— Queer Stories for Boys and Girls • Edward Eggleston



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