toxics

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noun

Toxic waste

OriginEnglish toxic ← French toxique ← Latin toxicu →
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Meanings

nountoxics pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlywaste processingToxic waste

    The solids would then be dumped at a federally approved toxics landfill.

    1988 January 15, Paul Botts, “Environment: Waukegan's Toxic Waits”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekτοξῐκός (toxĭkós)
  2. Ancient Greekτοξικόν (toxikón)
  3. Latintoxicum
  4. Latintoxicu
  5. Frenchtoxique
  6. Englishtoxic
  7. Englishtoxics

From toxic + -s.

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Cite this entry
APA

toxics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toxics

MLA

“toxics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toxics. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toxics,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toxics.

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