| 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: | debris |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | litter, waste |
Synonyms: |
bits, crap, detritus, dregs, dross, fragments, garbage, junk, offal, pieces, refuse, remains, riffraff, rubbish, rubble, ruins, trash, wreck, wreckage |
| Notes: | debris is the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up; garbage is food that is discarded or useless rubbish or a receptacle where rubbish is discarded; trash is worthless material that is to be disposed or a worthless or contemptible person |
Antonyms: |
cleanliness, neatness, purity |
| Main Entry: | garbage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuse, litter |
Synonyms: |
bits and pieces, debris, detritus, dreck, dregs, dross, filth, junk, muck, odds and ends, offal, rubbish, rubble, scrap, scrapings, sewage, slop, sweepings, swill, trash, waste |
| Main Entry: | refuse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
Synonyms: |
debris, dregs, dross, dump, dunghill, dust, hogwash, junk, leavings, litter, muck, offal, rejectamenta, remains, residue, rubbish, scraps, scum*, sediment, slop, sweepings, swill, trash, waste, waste matter |
Antonyms: |
assets, possessions, property |
| 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 |
Antonyms: |
whole |
| 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 |
Antonyms: |
base, core |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remainder of something |
Synonyms: |
balance, bottom of barrel, dregs, dross, excess, heel, leavings, leftovers, odds and ends, orts, others, overplus, remains, remnant, residual, residue, residum, rump, superfluity, surplus |
Antonyms: |
base, core |
| Main Entry: | rubbish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
Synonyms: |
debris, dregs, dross, junk, litter, lumber, offal, refuse, rubble, rummage, scrap, sweepings, trash, waste |
Antonyms: |
possessions, property |
| Main Entry: | scum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | superficial impurities, dirt |
Synonyms: |
algae, crust, dross, film, froth, residue, scruff, spume, waste |
Antonyms: |
cleanliness |
| 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 |