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Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
Carl Andre

Meaning of "dross" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DROSS

Old English drōs dregs; related to Old High German truosana.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DROSS

dross  [drɒs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DROSS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dross is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DROSS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dross

Dross is a mass of solid impurities floating on a molten metal or dispersed in the metal, such as in wrought iron. It forms on the surface of low-melting-point metals such as tin, lead, zinc or aluminium or alloys by oxidation of the metal. With wrought iron, hammering and later rolling removed some dross. With tin and lead the dross can be removed by adding sodium hydroxide pellets, which dissolve the oxides and form a slag. Dross can also be skimmed off. Dross, as a solid, is distinguished from slag, which is a liquid. Dross product is not entirely waste material; aluminium dross, for example, can be recycled and is used in secondary steelmaking for slag deoxidation.

Definition of dross in the English dictionary

The definition of dross in the dictionary is the scum formed, usually by oxidation, on the surfaces of molten metals. Other definition of dross is worthless matter; waste.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DROSS


across
əˈkrɒs
albatross
ˈælbəˌtrɒs
autocross
ˈɔːtəʊˌkrɒs
backcross
ˈbækˌkrɒs
Ballesteros
ˌbælɛˈstɛrɒs
crisscross
ˈkrɪsˌkrɒs
cross
krɒs
crosse
krɒs
Eros
ˈɪərɒs
intercross
ˌɪntəˈkrɒs
kouros
ˈkʊərɒs
lacrosse
ləˈkrɒs
motocross
ˈməʊtəˌkrɒs
ouroboros
uːˈrɒbəˌrɒs
Pharos
ˈfɛərɒs
rallycross
ˈrælɪˌkrɒs
Ross
rɒs
saros
ˈseɪrɒs
uncross
ʌnˈkrɒs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DROSS

dropwort
drosera
droseraceous
droshkies
droshky
droskies
drosky
drosometer
drosophila
drosophilae
drossy
drostdy
drought
droughtiness
droughty
drouk
droukit
drouth
drouthiness
drouthy

WORDS THAT END LIKE DROSS

Celtic cross
Charing Cross
come across
cut across
cyclo-cross
George Cross
get across
gross
John of the Cross
Latin cross
on the cross
pross
put across
Red Cross
run across
single-cross
Southern Cross
Stations of the Cross
the Cross
Way of the Cross

Synonyms and antonyms of dross in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DROSS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dross» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of dross

Translation of «dross» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DROSS

Find out the translation of dross to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dross from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dross» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

糟粕
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escoria
570 millions of speakers

English

dross
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कीट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خبث
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

окалины
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escória
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আবর্জনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scories
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dross
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schlacke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

浮きかす
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

드 로스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dross
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vật bỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கசடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तुरा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cüruf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scoria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

żużel
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

окалини
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

zgură
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκωρίες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skuim
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

slagg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dross
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dross

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DROSS»

The term «dross» is regularly used and occupies the 61.067 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DROSS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dross

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4 QUOTES WITH «DROSS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dross.
1
Carl Andre
Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
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Samuel E. Morison
In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not.
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John O'Donohue
A lot of suffering is just getting rid of dross in yourself, and lingering and hanging in the darkness is often - I say this against myself - a failure of imagination, to imagine the door into the light.
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Paracelsus
What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DROSS»

Discover the use of dross in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dross and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dross
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Harold Tremayne, 2009
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Dross
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Henry Seton Merriman, 2008
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Laser Fabrication and Machining of Materials
Dross is related with the incomplete expulsion of the melt from the bottom of the kerf. For precision applications where the clean cutting edges are important the formation of dross at the bottom of the cutting kerf must be controlled. This requires ...
Narendra B. Dahotre, Sandip Harimkar, 2008
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Aluminum Recycling
the metal content of the dross. Optimal head design is controversial, and extensive testing of new designs has been conducted in recent years (Perry, 2000). Water- or air-cooling of the head has recently been added to some units to improve ...
Mark E. Schlesinger, 2006
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Tombs of Dross
Lew Anderson. “What does it say?” “Just one word.” “Yeah?” “Manure.” “Manure? ” He set the heavy iron plate down against a rock. “Sure you read it right?” She gave him a stern look of annoyance. She stared at the metal plate. “It could also ...
Lew Anderson, 2013
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Emerging Trends in Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy
Aluminium dross is a waste product that arises from aluminium melting processes . The dross generated while melting at various facilities is generally remelted with salts to recover residual metal values. The remaining residue dross contains ...
‎2005
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Recycling of Magnesium
One of the main problems with recycling and melting magnesium is the presence of particles in the melt which lead to the formation of dross and sludge. To be more precise, the necessary removal of dross and sludge greatly increase the costs ...
André Ditze, Christiane Scharf, 2008
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Welding: Principles and Applications
Dross Dross is the metal compound that resolidifies and attaches itself to the bottom of a cut. This metal compound is made up mostly of unoxidized metal, metal oxides, and nitrides. It is possible to make cuts dross free if the PAC equipment is ...
Larry F. Jeffus, 2002
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Drosscape: Wasting Land Urban America
His seminal 1995 essay, "Stim & Dross," has influenced the ways in which a generation of designers thinks about urbanization.37 Using the city of Houston, as his example, Lerup theorizes over the city's vast stretch of urbanized landscape ...
Alan Berger, 2007
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Harvesting the Dross
Gerry Regan. The Dross Gerry Regan Gerry Regan Harvesting The Dross ISBN: 978-1-84753-499-6 FOREWORD Could it. Front Cover.
Gerry Regan, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DROSS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dross is used in the context of the following news items.
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JV's Restaurant, Falls Church
That'd be Lorraine Campbell, the blond, bouffanted daughter of original owner George Dross. She presides under the fairy light-strewn ceiling ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
Does everyone hate politicians - or can they be popular?
There was a lot of dross in Scottish Labour. Yet, as has been remarked, the English have a certain deference, a slightly one-down view of the ... «New Statesman, Jul 15»
3
Learn Why Douglas Carter Beane Said "Never!" When Asked to …
... anniversary of Xanadu opening on Broadway by asking librettist Douglas Carter Beane and director Christopher Ashley turn movie dross into Broadway gold. «Playbill.com, Jul 15»
4
Ashes 2015: Missed opportunities and missing Harrisment
... appear like diamonds among the dross, to remove Root, bewilder Stokes and prevent Australia's opponents disappearing into the distance. «The Australian, Jul 15»
5
Alpha to Attend Ohio SMTA Expo & Tech Forum
“Alpha is committed to helping our customers by providing them with options to responsibly dispose of their solder dross and waste”, said John ... «I-Connect007, Jul 15»
6
Is 2015 the Greatest Year in Hip-Hop History?
All of this quality and without the notable dross of previous years. Iggy Azalea has her qualities but she's not a talent on the level of A$AP or ... «The 405, Jul 15»
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Karlovy Vary Film Review: 'The Sound of Trees'
... “The Sound of Trees,” from the dewy-eyed dross. Short and bittersweet, this portrait of a 17-year-old trainee lumberjack seeking a life larger ... «Variety, Jul 15»
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"Fervent lips with a wicked heart are like earthenware covered with …
"Fervent lips with a wicked heart are like earthenware covered with silver dross." Proverbs 26:23. No amount of paint on the outside changes ... «Reading Eagle, Jul 15»
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Sky Blues swoop for Sam
However, I'd prefer to watch us pass the ball than some of the dross served up in L1 (and the championship). [quote][p][bold]Pinehurstred[/bold] ... «Swindon Advertiser, Jul 15»
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Art Around Town
... Veronica Darby, Michelle Dross, John Cleaveland, Rebecca Wood, Nikita Raper, Natalia Zuckerman, Briget Darryl Ginley, Jack Kashuback, ... «Flagpole Magazine, Jul 15»

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