dross
pronunciation
How to pronounce dross in British English:
UK [drɒs]
How to pronounce dross in American English:
US [drɔs]
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- Noun:
- worthless material that should be removed
- the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
Word Origin
- dross (n.)
- "dirt, dregs," Old English dros "the scum thrown off from metals in smelting," from Proto-Germanic *drohs- (cognates: Middle Dutch droes, Dutch droesem, Middle Low German dros, Old High German truosana, German Drusen "dregs, husks"), from PIE dher- (1) "to make muddy." Meaning "refuse, rubbish" is mid-15c.
Example
- 1. The dross inevitably will be first on the block .
- 2. Burning lips and a wicked heart a potsherd covered with silver dross .
- 3. And hollywood is realising that it has no equivalent to a big musical weakness-that many albums consist of a few decent tracks padded by dross .
- 4. For foreign cultures , we should discard their dross and select their essence .
- 5. For those works , we might discard the dross and select the essence as well .