effluent
About 2.49 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Flowing out; outflowing.
- noun A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence.
The landscape was dotted with reservoirs and many many effluent streams.
- noun Sewage or waste water discharged into a natural body of water.
Residents have little control over the industrial effluent that pollutes their rivers.
Similar words
outflowing wastewater outgoing sewer water outlet eluate outfall sewerage latrine sewer
Often followed by
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Word family
effluents
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