food waste
1Food waste — Food waste, kitchen waste, or garbage (North American English) is any form of waste derived from food materials. It typically consists of vegetable peelings, meat scraps, excess or spoiled prepared food, and other discards from domestic or… …
2food waste — noun food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) • Syn: ↑garbage, ↑refuse, ↑scraps • Hypernyms: ↑waste, ↑waste material, ↑waste matter, ↑waste product …
3food waste disposer — noun a machine, built into the waste tube of a domestic sink, that shreds unwanted food and flushes it away <! to feed the rats Syn: garbage disposal …
4Waste — Waste, is an unwanted or undesired material or substance. It is also referred to as rubbish, trash, garbage, or junk depending upon the type of material and the regional terminology. In living organisms, waste relates to unwanted substances or… …
5waste disposal unit — noun A system fitted to a kitchen sink for grinding down food waste so that it can be disposed of down the plug hole • • • Main Entry: ↑waste * * * waste disposal unit variant UK US Main entry: waste disposal * * * noun, pl ⋯ units [count] Brit …
6waste disposal — waste dis.posal n 1.) [U] the process of getting rid of unwanted materials or substances ▪ the problem of radioactive waste disposal 2.) also waste disposal unit BrE a small machine under the kitchen ↑sink that cuts food waste into small pieces… …
7waste-disposal unit — ► NOUN ▪ an electrically operated device fitted to the waste pipe of a kitchen sink for grinding up food waste …
8Waste types — There are many waste streams consisting of a number of waste types. These are produced by a variety of processes. Each waste type has different methods of associated waste management. The following is a list of waste types:*Animal by products… …
9waste product — noun any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted they collect the waste once a week much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers • Syn: ↑waste, ↑waste material, ↑waste matter • Derivationally related forms: ↑waste …
10waste material — noun any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted (Freq. 1) they collect the waste once a week much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers • Syn: ↑waste, ↑waste matter, ↑waste product • Derivationally related fo …
