pollution

Meaning of pollution

noun
  1. the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects.
    the level of pollution in the air is rising

late Middle English: from Latin pollutio(n- ), from the verb polluere (see pollute).

Information about pollution

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of pollution is: pollutions.
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Hyphenation of pollution

pol-lu-tion

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • pollution is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

pollution synonyms

Meaning befoulment:

befoulment, defilement

Meaning contamination:

contamination

Meaning make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance:

contaminating

Meaning the action of making something poorer in quality by the addition of another substance:

adulteration

Meaning render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance:

adulterating

Meaning contaminate or pollute (something):

tainting

Meaning the state or quality of being impure:

impurity

Meaning make foul or dirty; pollute:

fouling

Meaning make dirty; pollute:

befouling

Meaning make dirty:

dirtying, soiling

Meaning the process of infecting or the state of being infected:

infection

Meaning affect (a person, organism, etc.) with a disease-causing organism:

infecting

pollution antonyms

Meaning freedom from adulteration or contamination:

purity

Translation of pollution

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