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# pollutant

«pollutant» in Mova's school dictionary: **A substance that makes air, water or soil dirty and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a pollutant, pollutants)

### meaning for a pupil

A substance that makes air, water or soil dirty and harmful to living things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollutant/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography lessons: pollutants include car exhaust gases, smoke, plastic, oil, sewage and pesticides. Pupils learn how pollutants harm health, rivers and wildlife, and how to reduce them (walking to school, recycling).

### examples

- Car exhaust contains pollutants that are bad for our lungs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollutant/#x1)
- Plastic is a pollutant in the oceans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollutant/#x2)
- The factory let pollutants into the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollutant/#x3)
- Trees can trap some air pollutants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollutant/#x4)
- Fertiliser running off fields can be a pollutant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollutant/#x5)
- Scientists measured the pollutants near the school gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollutant/#x6)

### note

Countable. From «pollute» (verb) and «pollution» (uncountable noun). Spelling: -ant, not -ent. Use «a pollutant» but «pollution» without «a».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pollutant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pollutant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.