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dross
dross is a 5-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The scum or refuse matter which is thrown off, or falls from, metals in smelting the ore, or in the process of melting; recrement. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 6 · 5 senses
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- 1noun
The scum or refuse matter which is thrown off, or falls from, metals in smelting the ore, or in the process of melting; recrement.
- 2noun
Rust of metals.
- 3noun
Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the better part; leavings; dregs; refuse.
- 4noun
worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
"there were impurities in the water"
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- 5noun
the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
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