Meaning & use
by-product
Something produced incidentally during a process, in addition to the main product or result.
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Sawdust is a common by-product of cutting lumber at the mill.
Her confidence was a welcome by-product of months of consistent practice.
A note on using this word
By-product applies both to physical manufacturing waste and, figuratively, to unintended outcomes of some other activity or effort.
Words with a similar meaning
side effectoffshoot
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