廃棄物 — meaning in English

English meaning

• discard verb To throw away or get rid of something no longer wanted.
• spoil verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.

Senses

廃棄物 is used for these senses in English:

• discard A discarded playing card in a card game.
• spoil (uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings. Such material could be utilised somewhere else.
• waste product An unwanted material produced during some manufacturing process, especially radioactive material from nuclear reactors.

discard — full definition

1. verb To throw away or get rid of something no longer wanted.
2. verb (card games) To throw out a card from one's hand.
3. noun Something, or a playing card, that has been thrown away or rejected.

spoil — full definition

1. verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.
2. verb To indulge someone, especially a child, so much that it damages their character.
3. verb (of food) To go bad.
4. noun Plunder or loot taken by force, often in the phrase "the spoils of war."

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