lees

Meaning of lees

plural noun

the sediment of wine in the barrel; dregs.

late Middle English: plural of obsolete lee in the same sense, from Old French lie, from medieval Latin liae (plural), of Gaulish origin.

Information about lees

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of lees is: lee.
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Hyphenation of lees

lees

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • lees is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

lees synonyms

Meaning matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs:

sediment

Meaning the remnants of a liquid left in a container, together with any sediment:

dregs

Meaning a sum of money paid into a bank or building society account:

deposit

Meaning solid particles, especially of coffee, which form a residue; sediment:

grounds

Meaning a small amount of something that remains after the main part has gone or been taken or used:

residue

Meaning the parts left over after other parts have been removed, used, or destroyed:

remains

Meaning the acquisition or gradual gathering of something:

accumulation

Meaning fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbour:

silt

Meaning thick, soft, wet mud or a similar viscous mixture of liquid and solid components, especially the product of an industrial or refining process:

sludge

Meaning a substance precipitated from a solution:

precipitate

Meaning a solid deposit of a substance which has sublimed:

sublimate

Meaning a chemical residue:

residuum

Meaning dregs or refuse:

draff

Meaning sediment, dregs, or grounds:

grouts

Anagrams of lees

eels, Else, else, lese, Seel, seel, Sele, sele, slee

Words that rhyme with lees

shiralees, shirralees, skilligalees, blees, McClees, belees, counselees, gelees, libelees, flees, glees, pluglees, Jubilees, bailees, galilees, jubilees, appellees, enrollees, expellees, mallees, pollees, sallees, doolees, parolees, skilligolees, esplees, explees, soaplees

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