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settlings
Sediment; dregs.
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  1. Sediment; dregs.
  2. Plural form of settling
  3. The solid matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; sediment; dregs
residue
The part of a monomer or other chemical unit that has been incorporated into a polymer or large molecule.
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  1. The part of a monomer or other chemical unit that has been incorporated into a polymer or large molecule.
  2. (Chem.) The matter remaining at the end of a process, as after evaporation, combustion, or filtration; residual product
  3. Matter remaining after completion of an abstractive chemical or physical process, such as evaporation, combustion, distillation, or filtration; residuum.
lees
Dregs or sediment, as of fermenting wine
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  1. Dregs or sediment, as of fermenting wine
  2. Sediment settling during fermentation, especially in wine; dregs.
dregs
A small amount remaining; residue
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  1. A small amount remaining; residue
  2. (collectively) The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.
  3. The particles of solid matter that settle at the bottom in a liquid; lees
dross
Waste matter; worthless stuff; rubbish
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  1. Waste matter; worthless stuff; rubbish
  2. Waste or impure matter:
  3. The scum that forms on the surface of molten metal as a result of oxidation.
grounds
(Law) Basis or justification for something, as in "grounds for divorce."
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  1. (Law) Basis or justification for something, as in "grounds for divorce."
  2. The collective land areas that compose a larger area, as in the castle grounds.
  3. (Plural only) The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered (as in coffee grounds).
solids
Plural form of solid
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  1. Plural form of solid
silt
Material with similar physical characteristics, whatever its origins or transport.
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  1. Material with similar physical characteristics, whatever its origins or transport.
  2. A sedimentary material consisting of very fine particles intermediate in size between sand and clay.
  3. A sedimentary material consisting of grains or particles of disintegrated rock, smaller than sand and larger than clay. The diameter of the particles ranges from 0.0039 to 0.0625 mm. Silt is often found at the bottom of bodies of water where it accumulates slowly by settling through the water.
powder
Light dry snow.
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  1. Light dry snow.
  2. Any dry substance in the form of very fine, dustlike particles, produced by crushing, grinding, etc.
  3. A substance consisting of ground, pulverized, or otherwise finely dispersed solid particles.
sand
Any of the colors characteristic of sand, variously reddish yellow to grayish tan
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  1. Any of the colors characteristic of sand, variously reddish yellow to grayish tan
  2. A sedimentary material consisting of small, often rounded grains or particles of disintegrated rock, smaller than granules and larger than silt. The diameter of the particles ranges from 0.0625 to 2 mm. Although sand often consists of quartz, it can consist of any other mineral or rock fragment as well. Coral sand, for example, consists of limestone fragments.
  3. A tract of land covered with sand, as a beach or desert.
alluvium
The land created by alluvion. The land created by alluvion.
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  1. The land created by alluvion. The land created by alluvion.
  2. Sand, silt, clay, gravel, or other matter deposited by flowing water, as in a riverbed, floodplain, delta, or alluvial fan. Alluvium is generally considered a young deposit in terms of geologic time.
  3. Soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain
loess
(Geology) Any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin.
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  1. (Geology) Any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin.
  2. A very fine grained silt or clay, thought to have formed as the result of grinding by glaciers and to have been deposited by the wind. Most loess is believed to have originated during the Pleistocene Epoch from areas of land covered by glaciers and from desert surfaces.
  3. A buff to gray windblown deposit of fine-grained, calcareous silt or clay.
grit
The texture or fineness of sand or stone used in grinding.
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  1. The texture or fineness of sand or stone used in grinding.
  2. Rough, hard particles of sand, stone, etc.
  3. Minute rough granules, as of sand or stone.
soot
A black, powdery substance that consists mainly of carbon and is formed through the incomplete combustion of wood, coal, diesel oil, or other materials. Because it absorbs energy from sunlight rather than reflecting it, soot is believed to be a cause of global warming, especially when it settles on snow and ice, reducing their reflectivity. Soot particles in the air are a contributing factor in respiratory diseases.
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  1. A black, powdery substance that consists mainly of carbon and is formed through the incomplete combustion of wood, coal, diesel oil, or other materials. Because it absorbs energy from sunlight rather than reflecting it, soot is believed to be a cause of global warming, especially when it settles on snow and ice, reducing their reflectivity. Soot particles in the air are a contributing factor in respiratory diseases.
deposit
(--- Geology) A concentration of mineral matter or sediment in a layer, vein, or pocket:
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  1. (--- Geology) A concentration of mineral matter or sediment in a layer, vein, or pocket:
  2. A sediment or precipitate that has settled out of a solution.
  3. (--- Geol., Mining) Sand, clay, mineral masses, etc. deposited by the action of wind, water, volcanic eruption, or ice
debris
A heap of rock fragments, as that deposited by a glacier
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  1. A heap of rock fragments, as that deposited by a glacier
  2. (Geology) An accumulation of relatively large rock fragments:
  3. Rough, broken bits and pieces of stone, wood, glass, etc., as after destruction; rubble
precipitate
A product resulting from a process, event, or course of action.
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  1. A product resulting from a process, event, or course of action.
  2. A solid material precipitated from a solution.
trash
Disparaging, often abusive speech about a person or group.
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  1. Disparaging, often abusive speech about a person or group.
  2. Worthless or discarded material or objects; refuse or rubbish.
  3. Parts that have been broken off, stripped off, etc., esp. leaves, twigs, husks, and other plant trimmings
deposit
The condition of being deposited:
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  1. The condition of being deposited:
  2. (--- Geol., Mining) Sand, clay, mineral masses, etc. deposited by the action of wind, water, volcanic eruption, or ice
  3. A sediment or precipitate that has settled out of a solution.
dreg
The basest or least desirable portion:
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  1. The basest or least desirable portion:
  2. The sediment in a liquid, such as wine or coffee.
  3. A small amount; a residue:
lees
Dregs or sediment, as of fermenting wine
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  1. Dregs or sediment, as of fermenting wine
  2. Sediment settling during fermentation, especially in wine; dregs.
precipitate
A product resulting from a process, event, or course of action.
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  1. A product resulting from a process, event, or course of action.
  2. A solid material precipitated from a solution.
precipitation
(Chemistry) The process of separating a substance from a solution as a solid.
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  1. (Chemistry) The process of separating a substance from a solution as a solid.
  2. (Chem.) A precipitating or being precipitated from a solution
  3. A precipitate
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  • The river carries its sediment westward.

  • The amount of sediment carried down is very large, though no accurate observations have been made.

  • At the northern end of the lake the sediment brought down by the Victoria Nile is producing a similar effect.

  • A very large quantity of sediment is rapidly filling the gulf.

  • Hwang Ho = Yellow river, Missouri = Big Muddy, the Red river, &c. It has been estimated that the Mississippi annually carries 4064 million tons of sediment to the sea; the Hwang Ho 796 million tons; the Po 67 million tons.

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