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Waste Weɪst Laid Adjective Bre Car Found Piece

Word waste
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / weɪst / NAmE / weɪst /
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  • the car was found on a piece of waste ground.
  • waste plastic
  • waste water is pumped from the factory into a nearby river.
  • the invading army laid waste to towns and villages on their way to the capital.
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waste

(adjective)BrE / weɪst / NAmE / weɪst /
  1. not suitable for building or growing things on and therefore not used
    • synonym derelict
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/derelict_1
    • The car was found on a piece of waste ground.
  2. no longer needed for a particular process and therefore thrown away
    • waste plastic
    • Waste water is pumped from the factory into a nearby river.
  3. to destroy a place completely
    • The invading army laid waste to towns and villages on their way to the capital.
    • an area laid waste by war

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: from Old Northern French wast(e) (noun), waster (verb), based on Latin vastus ‘unoccupied, uncultivated’.
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