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dross
UK
/drɒs/
US
/drɑs/
drosses
pl
Translations
The metal was covered in dross after the smelting process.
Металл был покрыт шлаком после процесса плавки.
The editor removed the dross from the manuscript before publishing.
Редактор удалил отбросы из рукописи перед публикацией.
Additional translations
Definitions
The blacksmith skimmed the dross from the surface of the molten iron.
The novel was filled with so much dross that it was hard to find any meaningful content.
drossed
Past Simple
drossed
Past Participle
drossing
Gerund
UK
/drɒs/
US
/drɑs/
Rare, chiefly technical or archaic usage meaning ‘to remove dross from molten metal’ or, figuratively, ‘to corrupt by adding impurities’.
Definitions
The foundry worker carefully drossed the aluminum before casting it into molds.
Scholars worried that the careless translation would dross the original text.