afval

Definitions of afval
  1. noun
    any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
    synonyms: afvalstof, gruis
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    benzinedamp, uitlaatgas, uitlaatgassen
    gases ejected from an engine as waste products
    BM, BM'er, BM-jacht, afgang, ba, beer, derrie, drek, excrement, excrementen, faecaliën, faeces, fecaliën, feces, kak, ontlasting, poep, recrement, schijt, stront, uitwerpsel, uitwerpselen, vuiligheid
    waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
    afvalwater, riolering, rioolstelsel, rioolwater, spoelstelsel
    waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
    afvalwater, effluent
    water mixed with waste matter
    dump, dumpzaak, keukenafval, kliek, kliekje, klusje, restje, tamp, vuil, vuiligheid
    food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
    vervuiler
    waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil
    bik, bocht, puin, snoeihout, steenbik, vuil, vuiligheid
    worthless material that is to be disposed of
    BM, BM'er, BM-jacht, afgang, ba, beer, derrie, drek, excrement, excrementen, faecaliën, faeces, fecaliën, feces, kak, ontlasting, poep, schijt, stront, uitwerpsel, uitwerpselen, vuiligheid
    solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
    bik, brik, dope, hard drug, hard-drug, harddrug, jonk, mul, oudroest, pruimtabak, puin, rioolslib, schroot, schrot, steenbik, steengruis, steenslag, stof
    the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
    guano
    the excrement of sea birds; used as fertilizer
    zwaveldamp, zwaveldioxyde
    a colorless toxic gas (SO2) that occurs in the gases from volcanoes; used in many manufacturing processes and present in industrial emissions; causes acid rain
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    materiaal
    the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
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