dramatic production dramatic performance | the act of performing a drama, the group joined together in a dramatic production |
laying waste ruin ruining ruination wrecking | destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined |
production | (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law, the appellate court demanded the production of all documents |
waste wastefulness dissipation | useless or profitless activity, using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly, if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste, mindless dissipation of natural resources |
waste of effort waste of energy | a useless effort |
waste of material | a useless consumption of material |
waste of money | money spent for inadequate return, the senator said that the project was a waste of money |
waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
production | the act or process of producing something, Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous, the production of white blood cells |
production | the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services |
production | (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale, he introduced more efficient methods of production |
mass production | the production of large quantities of a standardized article (often using assembly line techniques) |
boring drilling oil production | the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum |
art artistic creation artistic production | the creation of beautiful or significant things, art does not need to be innovative to be good, I was never any good at art, he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully |
waste permissive waste | (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect |
drain drainpipe waste pipe | a pipe through which liquid is carried away |
product production | an artifact that has been created by someone or some process, they improve their product every year, they export most of their agricultural production |
production line assembly line line | mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it |
wastepaper basket waste-paper basket wastebasket waste basket circular file | a container with an open top, for discarded paper and other rubbish |
thriftlessness waste wastefulness | the trait of wasting resources, a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste, the wastefulness of missed opportunities |
production order | an order that initiates the manufacturing process |
production | a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television, have you seen the new production of Hamlet? |
theatrical production staging | the production of a drama on the stage |
speaking speech production | the utterance of intelligible speech |
production | a display that is exaggerated or unduly complicated, she tends to make a big production out of nothing |
barren waste wasteland | an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation, the barrens of central Africa, the trackless wastes of the desert |
dump garbage dump trash dump rubbish dump wasteyard waste-yard dumpsite | a piece of land where waste materials are dumped |
toxic waste dump toxic waste site toxic dumpsite | a location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally) |
toxic site toxic waste area Superfund site | a site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up |
production cost | combined costs of raw material and labor incurred in producing goods |
pair production pair creation pair formation | the transformation of a gammaay photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus |
steel production | making steel from pig iron |
output yield production | the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time), production was up in the second quarter |
body waste excretion excreta excrement excretory product | waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body |
human waste | the body wastes of human beings |
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 |
garbage refuse food waste scraps | food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) |
toxic waste toxic industrial waste | poisonous waste materials, can cause injury (especially by chemical means) |
high-level radioactive waste | radioactive waste that left in a nuclear reactor after the nuclear fuel has been consumed |
low-level radioactive waste | (medicine) radioactive waste consisting of objects that have been briefly exposed to radioactivity (as in certain medical tests) |
radioactive waste | useless radioactive materials that are left after some laboratory or commercial process is completed |
waste paper | paper discarded after use |
waste rot | become physically weaker, Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world |
lay waste to waste devastate desolate ravage scourge | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly, The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion |
waste emaciate macerate | cause to grow thin or weak, The treatment emaciated him |
pine away waste languish | lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief, After her husband died, she just pined away |
consume squander waste ware | spend extravagantly, waste not, want not |
waste | use inefficiently or inappropriately, waste heat, waste a joke on an unappreciative audience |
neutralize neutralise liquidate waste knock off do in | get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing, The mafia liquidated the informer, the double agent was neutralized |
waste run off | run off as waste, The water wastes back into the ocean |