Dross Common

Dross has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

worthless or dangerous material that should be removed

"there were impurities in the water"

impurity dross

the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals

slag scoria dross

Waste or impure matter.

Verb

To remove dross from.

See Also

scoria oxidation drub recrementitious abreaction recrement remove waste

Related Terms

scoria oxidation drub recrementitious abreaction recrement remove waste residue impure shruff refined scobs

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

waste scum

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

basic slag

Rhyming Words

oss boss loss koss joss hoss foss toss doss poss coss ross woss voss moss soss noss cross gloss gross

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