bye-product
bye-product is the dated form of by-product.
Meaning of by-product
Noun
by-product (plural by-products)
- Something made incidentally during the production of something else.
- It was about this time that the first experiments were made (in Germany) with basic slag, a material which had hitherto been regarded as a worthless by-product of steel manufacture. A year or two later field trials were begun in England, with the final result that basic slag has become recognized...1911, “History of English Agriculture”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
- A consequence, especially a side effect.
- The many Indian restaurants all over Britain are a by-product of the large waves of immigration from the subcontinent.
Forms of bye-product
| plural | bye-products |
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Questions about bye-product
- What is bye-product the dated form of?
- Bye-product is the dated form of by-product.
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