byproduct

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A form of by-product — Something made incidentally during the production of something else.

Less commonScrabble 19

Meanings

nounbyproduct (plural byproducts)

plural byproducts

  1. alternativeAlternative form of by-product.
    1 more example

    Local workers hike up the side of the mountain and down into the crater at the top to harvest its sulfur—a byproduct of the gas that escapes from the volcano’s vents and collects near the shores of an acidic lake at the crater’s center. The chemical is used in industry worldwide, from making matchsticks to vulcanizing rubber, but Ijen’s sulfur goes mostly to local factories, which use it to bleach sugar.

    2015 February 25, Kevin McElvaney, “Inside Indonesia's Ijen Volcano”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2016

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence

Similar

nouna product made during the manufacture of something else

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishby-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  6. Proto-Italic*pro-
  7. Latinprō-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
  10. Proto-Italic*doukō
  11. Latindūcō
  12. Latinprōdūcō
  13. Latinprōductus
  14. Middle Englishproduct
  15. Englishproduct
  16. Englishbyproduct

From by- + product.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan subproducte
  • subproductesecondary or additional product
Chinese Mandarin 副產品 /副产品, 副產物 /副产物
  • 副產品 /副产品 (fùchǎnpǐn)secondary or additional product
  • 副產物 /副产物 (fùchǎnwù)secondary or additional product
Dutch bijproduct
  • bijproductsecondary or additional product
Finnish sivutuote
  • sivutuotesecondary or additional product
French sous-produit
  • sous-produitsecondary or additional product
German Nebenprodukt, Beiprodukt
  • Nebenproduktsecondary or additional product
  • Beiproduktsecondary or additional product
  • Nachproduktsecondary or additional product
  • Teilproduktsecondary or additional product
Icelandic aukaafurð
  • aukaafurðsecondary or additional product
Irish fotháirge, fothoradh
  • fotháirgesecondary or additional product
  • fothoradhsecondary or additional product
  • seachtháirgesecondary or additional product
Japanese 副産物
  • 副産物 (fukusanbutsu)secondary or additional product
Norwegian Bokmål biprodukt
  • biproduktsecondary or additional product
Polish produkt uboczny
  • produkt ubocznysecondary or additional product
Portuguese derivado
  • derivadosecondary or additional product
Romanian subprodus, semifabricat
  • subprodussecondary or additional product
  • semifabricatsecondary or additional product
Russian побо́чный проду́кт, субпроду́кт
  • побо́чный проду́кт (pobóčnyj prodúkt)secondary or additional product
  • субпроду́кт (subprodúkt)secondary or additional product
Spanish subproducto
  • subproductosecondary or additional product
Swedish biprodukt
  • biproduktsecondary or additional product
Turkish yanürün, yan ürün
  • yanürünsecondary or additional product
  • yan ürünsecondary or additional product
Ukrainian побічний продукт
  • побічний продукт (pobičnyj produkt)secondary or additional product
Cite this entry
APA

byproduct. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/byproduct

MLA

“byproduct.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/byproduct. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “byproduct,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/byproduct.

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