ef·flu·ent
 effluent
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- pronunciation:
- e
flu
ihnt
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
sewage or other liquid waste that flows into a body of water such as a river or lake.
Many fish and plants in the lake were killed by the effluent that spilled from the broken sewage pipes. |
The word effluent
contains the following parts:
ef-
Latin
prefix
that means
out, out of, away
More about this word part:
The prefix
ef-
is an assimilated form of the prefix
ex-, used before roots beginning with f, such as "fac" and "fus." See
ex-.
Example words:
flu, fluct, flux, fluv, flum
Latin
root
that means
flow
Example words: