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noun
A foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: adulterant, contamination, pollution, adulterator, contaminant, contaminator, impurity, pollutant, sophisticant, taint
Antonyms: none provided
noun
waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product
Narrower terms: dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, DDT, chlorofluorocarbon, CFC, halon, nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, sulphur dioxide
History
Etymology tree English pollute Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English pollutant From pollute + -ant.
Across languages
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