1 a substance that is produced during the process of making or destroying sth else:
When burnt, plastic produces dangerous by-products.
2 a thing that happens, often unexpectedly, as the result of sth else:
One of the by-products of unemployment is an increase in crime.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is by-product a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, by-product is tagged as noun.
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