Explore Dross through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like impurity or waste. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Dross meaning
- Waste or impure matter.
- Residue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from oxidation.
Using Dross
- The main meaning on this page is: Waste or impure matter. | Residue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from oxidation. | Waste or impure matter.
- Useful related words include: impurity, waste, waste material, waste matter.
- In the example corpus, dross often appears in combinations such as: the dross, dross and, dross that.
Context around Dross
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dross
- In this selection, "dross" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, trap, related, simply and ash stand out and add context to how "dross" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 007 related dross it likes and a bismuth dross that can. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dross" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dross
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It was, in short, dross. (5 words)
But the rest was simply dross. (6 words)
His ear can ferret out the dross. (7 words)
In our recent series on artificial intelligence, I kept returning to a thought: This technology might be able to churn out content faster than we can, but we still need a human mind to sift through the dross and figure out what’s good. (44 words)
Recycling involves melting the scrap, a process that requires only 5% of the energy used to produce aluminium from ore, though a significant part (up to 15% of the input material) is lost as dross (ash-like oxide). (38 words)
Therefore, long flat runners with gates that exit from the bottom of the runners can trap dross in the runners; note that long flat runners will cool the material more rapidly than round or square runners. (36 words)
Can you sweep all the dross and mess out of your sphere? (12 words)
Example sentences (17)
A repeat of the dross we have seen regularly over the last few years.
But because Amazon only owns 50% of Bond, the company can't just start churning out whatever 007-related dross it likes.
Can you sweep all the dross and mess out of your sphere?
First, though, we might want to dispense with the dross of the more stereotyped and silly single line expressions.
If you are in the mood for a horror movie with Catholic trappings, stands out from the dross that Hollywood deals in that vein.
In our recent series on artificial intelligence, I kept returning to a thought: This technology might be able to churn out content faster than we can, but we still need a human mind to sift through the dross and figure out what’s good.
But the rest was simply dross.
It was, in short, dross.
As essential as any streaming service can be right now, despite flawed presentation and deep reserves of dross.
His ear can ferret out the dross.
In the decade that was simply ‘the worst of times’, we went from Downton Abbey dross to a swaggering masterwork about the first modern lesbian.
I was given some dross, but access to the strategy documents is still under appeal, after a host of AFP delays.
Desilvered lead is freed of bismuth according to the Betterton-Kroll process by treating it with metallic calcium and magnesium, which forms a bismuth dross that can be skimmed off.
Recycling involves melting the scrap, a process that requires only 5% of the energy used to produce aluminium from ore, though a significant part (up to 15% of the input material) is lost as dross (ash-like oxide).
The gating system may also be designed to trap dross.
Therefore, long flat runners with gates that exit from the bottom of the runners can trap dross in the runners; note that long flat runners will cool the material more rapidly than round or square runners.
These take advantage of the fact that the dross is usually located at the beginning of the pour, therefore the runner is extended past the last gate(s) and the contaminates are contained in the wells.
Common combinations with dross
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: