dross

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /dɹɒs/
• (GA) IPA: /dɹɔs/
• (Canada, cot-caught) IPA: /dɹɑs/

Noun

dross (uncountable)

1. Waste or impure matter.
2. Residue that forms on the surface of a metal from oxidation.
3. The impurities in metal.
4. A waste product from working with metal.
   • 2008, Narendra B. Dahotre, Sandip Harimkar, Laser Fabrication and Machining of Materials, Springer Science & Business Media (ISBN 9780387723440), page 176

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   • 2008, André Ditze, Christiane Scharf, Recycling of Magnesium, Ditze & Scharf (ISBN 9783897209572), page 25

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5. (figurative) Worthless or trivial matter.

   Synonyms: junk, rubbish

Translations

• Russian: отбро́сы

Translations

• German: Krätze
• Russian: ока́лина

Translations

• Russian: при́месь

Translations

• Russian: шлак

Verb

dross (drosses, present participle drossing; past and past participle drossed)

1. (transitive) To remove dross from.

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