Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun waste_matter
1 sense of waste matter
Sense 1
waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product -- (any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers")
=> material, stuff -- (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread")