dross

Meaning of dross

noun
  1. something regarded as worthless; rubbish.
    there are bargains if you have the patience to sift through the dross
  2. foreign matter, dregs, or mineral waste, in particular scum formed on the surface of molten metal.
    alchemists tried to create gold from dross

Old English drōs (in the sense ‘scum on molten metal’); related to Dutch droesem and German Drusen ‘dregs, lees’.

Information about dross

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Hyphenation of dross

dross

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • dross is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

dross synonyms

Meaning impurity:

impurity

Meaning slag:

slag, scoria

Meaning old or discarded articles that are considered useless or of little value:

junk

Meaning scattered pieces of rubbish or remains:

debris

Meaning worthless things; rubbish:

chaff

Meaning dregs or refuse:

draff

Meaning waste or debris of any kind:

detritus

Meaning waste material; refuse or litter:

rubbish

Meaning waste material; refuse:

trash

Meaning rubbish or waste, especially domestic refuse:

garbage

Meaning rubbish; trash:

dreck

Meaning something unpleasant, dirty, or of poor quality:

grot

Anagrams of dross

sords

Words that rhyme with dross

Ross, ross, kaross, Cross, Glencross, Norcross, ProCross, Waycross, Woodscross, across, autocross, backcross, becross, christcross, closecross, countercross, crisscross, cross, dishcross, doublecross, incross, intercross, motocross, outcross, overcross, rallycross, recross, seacross, testcross, thereacross, topcross, uncross, Gross, disgross, engross, gross, ingross, outgross, overgross, reengross, subgross, ungross, Kinross, pross, albatross, matross, montross

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