by-product
/ˈbaɪ.pɹɒ.dʌkt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.94 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Something made incidentally during the production of something else.
noun
A consequence, especially a side effect.
Example Sentences
- "It was about this time that the first experiments were made (in Germany) with basic slag, a material which had hitherto been regarded as a worthless by-product of steel manufacture. A year or two later field trials were begun in England, with the final result that basic slag has become recognized as a valuable source of phosphorus for growing crops, and is now in constant demand for application to the soil as a fertilizer."
- "The many Indian restaurants all over Britain are a by-product of the large waves of immigration from the subcontinent."
- "One of the most obvious results of the B.R. Modernisation Plan has been the increasing use of diesel and electric traction; a less obvious by-product is the increase in track damage possible with the new forms of traction."
Etymology
Etymology tree English by- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Latin prōductusder. Middle English product English product English by-product From by- + product.