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Trash Or Compost Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is WASTE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: WASTE

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199%5Exact Match!
231%11 Frequent visitors to trash cans and compost piles
325%5 Decaying leaves, bark or compost spread around a plant

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "WASTE" which means:

    noun
  • • Any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
  • • Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
  • • The trait of wasting resources
  • • An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
  • • (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
  • adjective satellite
  • • Located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
  • verb
  • • Spend thoughtlessly; throw away
  • • Use inefficiently or inappropriately
  • • Dispose of
  • • Run off as waste
  • • Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
  • • Spend extravagantly
  • • Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
  • • Cause to grow thin or weak
  • • Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
  • • Become physically weaker
  • adjective
  • • Uncultivated, uninhabited.
  • • Barren; desert.
  • • Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
  • • Superfluous; needless.
  • • Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
  • • Unfortunate; disappointing.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "He threw the plastic bottle in the waste bin."
  • • "The factory discharged toxic waste into the river."

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