Draff

//dɹæf//

Synonyms for "draff" (61 found)

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Closest matches (13)

alluvium ash bones chaff cinder clinker deadwood deposit deposition diluvium dishwater

Noun(2 words)

brewer's grain dregs

Strong matches (18)

dross dust ember feces filings froth garbage gash grounds husk leavings lees loess offal offscourings orts

Noun(2 words)

grain hogwash

Related words (30)

paring precipitate precipitation rag rasping refuse rinsing scoria scouring scrap scrap iron scum sediment shard shaving silt slack slag slop slops

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smut soot stubble sublimate sweepings swill tare waste weed

Noun(1 words)

spent grain

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

More general

1 entries

residue

coordinate

1 entries

potale

derived

2 entries

draffish draffy

related to

2 entries

dregs hogwash

Translations

4 translations across 4 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

помия noun (dregs; the wash given to swine or cows)

French

1 entries

drêche noun (dregs; the wash given to swine or cows)

Old Czech

1 entries

sveřěp noun (dregs; the wash given to swine or cows)

Swedish

1 entries

drank noun (dregs; the wash given to swine or cows)

Sample sentences

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[…] and thence ſprouteth that obſcene appellation of Sarding ſandes, with the draffe of the carterly Hoblobs thereabouts, concoct or diſgeaſt for a ſcripture, verity, when the right chriſtendome of it, is Cerdicke ſands, or Cerdick ſhore, […]

Source: wiktionary

A crowd immersed in ordure, that appear'd draff of the human body.

Source: wiktionary

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