Lees

/liːz/

Synonyms for "lees" (83 found)

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Closest matches (17)

alluvion alluvium ash bones chaff cinder clinker culm deadwood deposition deposits diluvium dishwater draff dregs

Noun(2 words)

Strong matches (25)

dross dust ember feces filings froth garbage gash ground grounds hogwash husk husks leavings loess moraine offal offscourings offscum orts

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paring parings potsherds precipitate precipitation

Related words (41)

rag rags rasping raspings refuse rinsing rubbish scoria scouring scourings scrapscrap ironscraps scum sediment settlings shard shards shaving shavings

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silt sinter slack slag slop slops smut soot stubble sublimate sweepings swill tare tares wastage wastewaste matterwastepaper weed weeds

Noun(1 words)

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3 relation types

More general

4 entries

deposit deposition sedimentsolid residue

More specific

2 entries

beer leeswine lees

Collocations

5 entries

beer leesfine leeslees depositlees sedimentwine lees

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

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Methinks my body is but the lees of my better being.

Source: wiktionary

Kipper drained his glass to the lees and seemed to become calmer.

Source: wiktionary

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