dross
Meaning of dross
noun
- something regarded as worthless; rubbish.
there are bargains if you have the patience to sift through the dross
- 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’.
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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:
Meaning slag:
Meaning old or discarded articles that are considered useless or of little value:
Meaning scattered pieces of rubbish or remains:
Meaning worthless things; rubbish:
Meaning dregs or refuse:
Meaning waste or debris of any kind:
Meaning waste material; refuse or litter:
Meaning waste material; refuse:
Meaning rubbish or waste, especially domestic refuse:
Meaning rubbish; trash:
Meaning something unpleasant, dirty, or of poor quality:
Anagrams of dross
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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