dregs
noun [plural] /dreɡz/Definition
› the small solid pieces that sink to the bottom of some liquids, such as wine or coffee, that are not usually drunk: In one swift go, she had drunk her coffee down to the dregs (= finished it).Things remaining
(Definition of dregs noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (and) all the rest idiom
- balance noun (MONEY)
- bastion noun
- deposit noun (LAYER)
- for the rest idiom
- ground noun (COFFEE)
- leftover noun
- loose ends noun
- remains noun
- remnant noun
- residual adjective
- residue noun
- rest noun (OTHER PART)
- ruin noun
- rump noun
- scrapings noun
- sediment noun
- time capsule noun
- vestige noun
- wreckage noun
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