Talk:waste

Large expanse of water??
I see no justification for "vast expanse of water" quoted as an example for "waste." An ocean hardly counts as a wasteland, are there any literary quotes for this definition?

If anyone reads this and it's unanswered, please delete that definition as it's highly unlikely I'll visit here again!


 * Try an unabridged dictionary. You'll almost certainly find that meaning. DCDuring TALK 15:28, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

wastes plural noun
wastes [plural] (formal) a large area of land where there are very few people, animals or plants the frozen wastes of Siberia https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/waste_1?q=wastes --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:24, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

RFC discussion: October 2015–February 2021
Derived terms for noun and adjective are mixed up, and need sorting. Donnanz (talk) 17:54, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Done to the best of my ability. Admittedly it's hard to decide which section some words go under: I decided waste pipe is a pipe for waste, whereas waste in waste water is an adjective, but someone is bound to disagree. Donnanz (talk) 15:33, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Closed as stale. &mdash; surjection &lang;??&rang; 22:36, 7 February 2021 (UTC)