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escoria — 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.
  • 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

escoria 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.
  • scum (uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
  • scum (derogatory, slang) A reprehensible person or persons.
  • slag Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders.
  • slag Scoria associated with a volcano.
  • trash (chiefly, North American, slang, derogatory) People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash or Eurotrash.)

dregs — full definition

  1. noun The gritty sediment that settles at the bottom of a drink, especially unfiltered wine or coffee.
  2. noun The most worthless or lowest part of something, especially people.

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