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1 waste
[weist] 1. verb(to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) eyða, sóa2. noun1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) úrgangur2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) eyðsla, sóun3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) eyðimörk, öræfi, auðn•- wastage- wasteful
- wastefully
- wastefulness
- waste paper
- wastepaper basket
- waste pipe
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2 waste pipe
(a pipe to carry off waste material, or water from a sink etc: The kitchen waste pipe is blocked.) skolpleiðsla -
3 shit
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4 refuse
I [rə'fju:z] verb1) (not to do what one has been asked, told or is expected to do: He refused to help me; She refused to believe what I said; When I asked him to leave, he refused.) neita2) (not to accept: He refused my offer of help; They refused our invitation; She refused the money.) hafna3) (not to give (permission etc): I was refused admittance to the meeting.) neita um•- refusalII ['refju:s] noun(rubbish; waste material from eg a kitchen.) rusl- refuse collection vehicle -
5 rubbish
1) (waste material; things that have been or are to be thrown away: Our rubbish is taken away twice a week; ( also adjective) a rubbish bin/bag.) rusl, sorp2) (nonsense: Don't talk rubbish!) rugl -
6 scrap heap
(a heap of waste material, unwanted objects etc.) ruslahaugur -
7 scrap
I 1. [skræp] noun1) (a small piece or fragment: a scrap of paper.) smástykki, (pappírs)snifsi2) ((usually in plural) a piece of food left over after a meal: They gave the scraps to the dog.) leifar3) (waste articles that are only valuable for the material they contain: The old car was sold as scrap; ( also adjective) scrap metal.) brotajárn4) (a picture etc for sticking into a scrapbook.) úrklippa2. verb(to discard: They scapped the old television set; She decided to scrap the whole plan.) henda; hætta við- scrappy- scrappily
- scrappiness
- scrapbook
- scrap heap II 1. [skræp] noun(a fight: He tore his jacket in a scrap with another boy.) átök2. verb(to fight: The dogs were scrapping over a bone.) slást
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