Pronunciation: /baɪ ˈprɒdʌkt/
noun a secondary or incidental product or result
A1 The milk is a byproduct of the dairy industry.
A2 The sawdust from the carpentry workshop is used as a byproduct for making compost.
B1 The company sells leather goods as a byproduct of their meat processing business.
B2 The chemical plant disposes of its byproducts in an environmentally friendly manner.
C1 The brewery has found a way to recycle all of its byproducts into useful materials.
C2 The pharmaceutical company has developed a new drug using the byproducts of its research process.
preposition a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause
A1 I made a delicious soup using the leftover vegetables as a byproduct of meal prep.
A2 The company reduced waste by selling their byproducts to other businesses for recycling.
B1 The leather industry produces a lot of waste as a byproduct of the manufacturing process.
B2 The new technology aims to minimize the byproducts generated during the production of electricity.
C1 The chemical plant implemented a system to safely dispose of hazardous byproducts.
C2 The research team studied the environmental impact of byproducts from the oil drilling process.
formal The company was able to create a new revenue stream by selling the by product of their main manufacturing process.
informal We can make some extra cash by selling the by product of our project.
slang Let's flip that by product and make some quick money.
figurative Sometimes our mistakes can be seen as a by product of taking risks.
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