Definition of waste

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Waste (a.) Lost for want of occupiers or use; superfluous.

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Economy :: Economy (n.) Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony..
Save-all :: Save-all (n.) Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss..
Hopper :: Hopper (n.) A vessel for carrying waste, garbage, etc., out to sea, so constructed as to discharge its load by a mechanical contrivance; -- called also dumping scow..
Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
Economizer :: Economizer (n.) Specifically: (Steam Boilers) An arrangement of pipes for heating feed water by waste heat in the gases passing to the chimney.
Wasted :: Wasted (imp. & p. p.) of Wast.
Lost :: Lost (v. t.) Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered; as, a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit..
Blotter :: Blotter (n.) A wastebook, in which entries of transactions are made as they take place..
Decrement :: Decrement (n.) The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.
Cappadine :: Cappadine (n.) A floss or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk has been reeled off, used for shag..
Harry :: Harry (v. t.) To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land..
Dawdle :: Dawdle (v. t.) To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning..
Scattergood :: Scattergood (n.) One who wastes; a spendthrift.
Slattern :: Slattern (v. t.) To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; -- with away.
Desolation :: Desolation (n.) The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
Squanderer :: Squander (n.) The act of squandering; waste.
Recruit :: Recruit (v. i.) To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures..
Drill :: Drill (v. t.) To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.
Insulite :: Insulite (n.) An insulating material, usually some variety of compressed cellulose, made of sawdust, paper pulp, cotton waste, etc..
Harass :: Harass (n.) Devastation; waste.
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