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dross

UK
/drɒs/
US
/drɑs/

Traducciones

drossnoun
drosses
pl
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.
Traducciones adicionales
окалина
шлаки
Sinónimos
refuse
garbage
trash
detritus
rubbish
residue
scum
waste
drossverb
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’.
Sinónimos
scum off
skim off
skim
discard
reject
cast aside
cast off

Definiciones

drossnoun
Waste or impure matter; scum formed on the surface of molten metal.
The blacksmith skimmed the dross from the surface of the molten iron.
Something regarded as worthless or of low quality.
The novel was filled with so much dross that it was hard to find any meaningful content.
drossverb
To remove dross from (molten metal) by skimming or scumming.
The foundry worker carefully drossed the aluminum before casting it into molds.
To debase or corrupt by the addition of impurities; to vitiate.
Scholars worried that the careless translation would dross the original text.
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