waste

Definition

Examples

The new system helps the factory reduce waste and lower its costs.

Word Family

Synonyms

• squanderspend thoughtlessly; throw away
• garbagefood that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
• dissipateto cause to separate and go in different directions

Collocations

• Easy don't waste food
  a collocation phrase: don't waste food
• Medium hazardous office chemical waste disposal
  describing hazardous office chemical waste disposal (involving risk or danger)
• Hard lay waste to fertile agricultural heartlands
  to lay waste to fertile agricultural heartlands, meaning to put into a certain place or abstract location
• Very Hard willful waste makes woeful want
  describing willful waste makes woeful want (done by design)
• Easy reduce waste
  to decrease or lessen in amount or size regarding waste