escória — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cinder noun A small piece of partly burnt coal, wood, or other material left after combustion.
- dregs noun The gritty sediment that settles at the bottom of a drink, especially unfiltered wine or coffee.
- dross noun Waste or impure matter.
- herd noun A large group of animals of one kind that live, feed, or move together.
- scum noun A thin layer of dirt, foam, or other impurities that gathers on the surface of a liquid.
- slag noun Waste material left over after smelting ore.
- trash noun Discarded material; garbage or rubbish.
Senses
escória is used for these senses in English:
- cinder Slag from a metal furnace.
- dregs (figuratively, the dregs) The worst and lowest part of something.
- dross Residue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from oxidation.
- herd (now, usually, pejorative) A crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble. [from 15th c.]
- trash (chiefly, North American, slang, derogatory) People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash or Eurotrash.)
dregs — full definition
- noun The gritty sediment that settles at the bottom of a drink, especially unfiltered wine or coffee.
- noun The most worthless or lowest part of something, especially people.