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   dross

   /drɒs/

   noun

   • 1. something regarded as worthless; rubbish: "there are bargains if you have the patience to sift through the dross"
   • 2. foreign matter, dregs, or mineral waste, in particular scum formed on the surface of molten metal: "alchemists tried to create gold from dross"

   Word Origin Old Englishdrōs (in the sense ‘scum on molten metal’); related to Dutch droesem and German Drusen ‘dregs, lees’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. drossy adjective

   Scrabble Points: 6

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   • R

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