"pollutant" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pəˈl(j)uːtənt/ Audio: en-us-pollutant.oga [US] Forms: pollutant [singular], pollutants [plural]
Etymology: pollute + -ant Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|pollute|ant}} pollute + -ant Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A pollutant is something that makes the air, soil or water dirty or polluted. Synonyms: contaminant
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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