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- 1. something regarded as worthless; rubbish: "there are bargains if you have the patience to sift through the dross"
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dross. noun. /drɒs/. /drɑːs/. [uncountable] (especially British English) something of very low quality; the least valuable part of something. mass-produced dross. The well-written dialogue separates this film from the usual teenage dross. He considered the working class to be the dross of society.
Dross definition: waste matter; refuse. See examples of DROSS used in a sentence.
DROSS meaning: 1 : unwanted material that is removed from a mineral (such as gold) to make it better; 2 : something of low value or quality.
While dross today is used to refer to anything of low value or quality, its earliest use is technical: dross is a metallurgy term referring to solid scum that forms on the surface of a metal when it is molten or melting—remove the dross to improve the metal.
1. Waste or impure matter: discarded the dross after recycling the wood pulp. 2. The scum that forms on the surface of molten metal as a result of oxidation. 3. Worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter: "He was wide-awake and his mind worked clearly, purged of all dross" (Vladimir Nabokov). [Middle English dros, from Old English drōs, dregs .]
If you describe something as dross, you mean that it is of very poor quality or has no value.
May 21, 2024 · dross (usually uncountable, plural drosses) Waste or impure matter. Residue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from oxidation. Synonyms: gangue, scoria; The impurities in metal. A waste product from working with metal.
