Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debris |
| Synonyms: | ashes, cinders, dross, lava, recrement, refuse, residue, scoria |
| Main Entry: | dregs |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sediment |
| Synonyms: | deposits, dirt, draff, lees, residue, settlings, slag, waste |
| Main Entry: | embers |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hot ashes from fire |
| Synonyms: | ash, brand, cinders, clinkers, coals, firebrand, live coals, slag, smoking remnants, smoldering remains |
| Main Entry: | residue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leftover part |
| Synonyms: | balance, debris, dregs, dross, excess, extra, garbage, heel, junk, leavings, leftovers, orts, parings, remainder, remains, remnant, residual, residuum, rest, scourings, scraps, scum, sewage, shavings, silt, slag, surplus, trash |
| Notes: | remainder is a general word for what is left over, while residue (and residuum) is the remains at the end of a process; remnant is a part left after the greater part has been removed |
| Antonyms: | base, core |
| Main Entry: | rock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stone |
| Synonyms: | bedrock, boulder, cobblestone, crag, crust, earth, gravel, lava, lodge, mass, metal, mineral, ore, pebble, promontory, quarry, reef, rubble, shelf, slab, slag |
| Main Entry: | sediment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | solid residue from liquid solution |
| Synonyms: | debris, deposit, dregs, dross, gook, grounds, gunk, lees, matter, powder, precipitate, precipitation, residuum, settling, silt, slag, solids, trash, waste |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | ember |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece of burned matter |
| Synonyms: | ash, brand, cinder, coal, slag |
| Main Entry: | dross |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remains |
| Synonyms: | dregs, impurity, lees, recrement, refuse, scobs, scoria, scum, sediment, sinter, slag, trash, waste |
| Main Entry: | ashes |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | powder remains after a fire |
| Synonyms: | charcoal, cinders, dust, embers, powder, slag, soot, volcanic ash |
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