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Word entry · 8 letters

effluent

Best crossword clue

"Outflowing waste"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɛfluːənt/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted eefflntuStarts with EEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. that is flowing outward

Word origin

From French effluent, from Latin effluens, effluentis. By surface analysis, e- + fluent.

Used in a sentence

  • The landscape was dotted with reservoirs and many many effluent streams.
  • Residents have little control over the industrial effluent that pollutes their rivers.
  • One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.

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