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toxics

toxics noun: toxic waste.

Noun

toxics pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, waste processing) Toxic waste
    • The solids would then be dumped at a federally approved toxics landfill.1988 January 15, Paul Botts, “Environment: Waukegan's Toxic Waits”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of toxics

From toxic + -s.

Questions about toxics

What does toxics mean?
Toxics means toxic waste.
What part of speech is toxics?
Toxics is a noun.

Words near toxics in the dictionary

  1. toxicosis
  2. toxicotic
  3. toxicovenomic
  4. toxicovenomics
  5. toxicovigilance
  6. toxics
  7. toxicyst
  8. toxicysts
  9. toxidermia
  10. toxidermias
  11. toxidermic

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