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EFFLUENT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Water mixed with waste matter

Synonyms:

effluent; sewer water; wastewater

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("effluent" is a kind of...):

waste; waste material; waste matter; waste product (any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted)

Holonyms ("effluent" is a substance of...):

sewage; sewerage (waste matter carried away in sewers or drains)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

That is flowing outward

Synonyms:

effluent; outflowing

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

outgoing (leaving a place or a position)

Derivation:

effluence (the process of flowing out)

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