dross, n.
(drosses)
freq. cnt. 1
worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
<noun.substance>
freq. cnt.: 9
freq. cnt.: 8
freq. cnt.: 1
dross
impurity
sample sentences
"there were impurities in the water"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
<noun.substance>
dross
scoria
slag
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym