| Main Entry: | lees |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remains |
Synonyms: |
dregs, residue |
| Main Entry: | deposit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accumulation of solid |
Synonyms: |
alluvium, delta, deposition, dregs, drift, grounds, lees, precipitate, precipitation, sediment, settlings, silt |
| Main Entry: | dregs |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sediment |
Synonyms: |
deposits, dirt, draff, lees, residue, settlings, slag, waste |
| Main Entry: | end |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leftover part |
Synonyms: |
bit, butt end, dregs, fragment, leaving, lees, particle, piece, portion, remainder, remnant, residue, scrap, share, side, stub, tag end |
| Main Entry: | grounds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sediment |
Synonyms: |
deposit, dregs, grouts, leavings, lees, precipitate, precipitation, residue, settlings |
| Main Entry: | remnant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leftover part |
Synonyms: |
balance, bit, dregs, dross, end, end piece, excess, fragment, hangover, heel, leavings, lees, leftovers, odds and ends, orts, part, particle, piece, portion, remainder, remains, residual, residue, residuum, rest, rump, scrap, shred, strip, surplus, survival, vestige |
| 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: |
whole |
| 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: | side |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge, exteriority of object |
Synonyms: |
aspect, attitude, border, bottom, boundary, direction, disposition, division, elevation, face, facet, flank, front, hand, haunch, hillside, jamb, lee, limit, loin, margin, part, perimeter, periphery, posture, quarter, rear, rim, sector, stance, stand, surface, top, verge, view, wing |
Antonyms: |
extremity, inside, middle, torso |
| 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: | shard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end |
Synonyms: |
bit, butt end, butt*, dregs, fragment, leaving, lees, ort, particle, piece, portion, remainder, remnant, residue, scrap, share, side, stub, tag end |