dross
waste matter; refuse.
Metallurgy. a waste product taken off molten metal during smelting, essentially metallic in character.
British. coal of little value.
Origin of dross
1Words Nearby dross
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How to use dross in a sentence
And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will clean purge away thy dross, and I will take away all thy tin.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousThough, rightly considered, it was but dross and dust, and riches were an awful snare.
A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) | Frances Eleanor TrollopeThe poetry lies in a heap of dross, and must be painfully smelted out.
Studies in Folk-Song and Popular Poetry | Alfred M. WilliamsThe lead should be melted first and all the dross cleaned off.
Elements of Plumbing | Samuel DibbleSo you can find in Vane the pure gold of two hundred and fifty years of American civilisation, with no particle of its dross.
Milton's England | Lucia Ames Mead
British Dictionary definitions for dross
/ (drɒs) /
the scum formed, usually by oxidation, on the surfaces of molten metals
worthless matter; waste
Origin of dross
1Derived forms of dross
- drossy, adjective
- drossiness, noun
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