Talk:waste

Large expanse of water??

I see no justification for "vast expanse of water" quoted as an example for "waste." An ocean hardly counts as a wasteland, are there any literary quotes for this definition?

If anyone reads this and it's unanswered, please delete that definition as it's highly unlikely I'll visit here again!

Try an unabridged dictionary. You'll almost certainly find that meaning. DCDuring TALK 15:28, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

wastes plural noun

wastes [plural] (formal) 
a large area of land where there are very few people, animals or plants
the frozen wastes of Siberia
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/waste_1?q=wastes

--Backinstadiums (talk) 10:24, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

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waste

Derived terms for noun and adjective are mixed up, and need sorting. Donnanz (talk) 17:54, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

• Done to the best of my ability. Admittedly it's hard to decide which section some words go under: I decided waste pipe is a pipe for waste, whereas waste in waste water is an adjective, but someone is bound to disagree. Donnanz (talk) 15:33, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Closed as stale. — surjection ⟨??⟩ 22:36, 7 February 2021 (UTC)