Dregs
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

ASH
Strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats

MOB
Press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"

RAG
A boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)

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CULM
Stem of plants of the Gramineae

DUST
Remove the dust from; "dust the cabinets"

GASH
A strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

HUSK
Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

MASS
(Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist

ORTS

RAFF

RAGS

ROUT
An overwhelming defeat

SCUM
A film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid

SILT
Become chocked with silt; "The river silted up"

SLAG
The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals

SLOP
Writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental

SMUT
Creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire

SOIL
Material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"

SOOT
A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink

TARE
The weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo

WEED
Street names for marijuana

LEES
The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage

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DROSS
The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals

BONES
A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

CHAFF
Foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure

DRAFF

DREGS
Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid

EMBER
A hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering

FECES
Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels

FROTH
A mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid; "the beer had a thick head of foam"

HUSKS

LOESS
A fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind

OFFAL
Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans

SCRAP
A small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used; "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"; "there was not a scrap left"

SHARD
A broken piece of a brittle artifact

SLACK
A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

SLOPS
Cheap clothing (as formerly issued to sailors in Britain)

SWILL
Wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk

TARES

TRASH
Dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"

WASTE
Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"

WEEDS
A black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning

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CATTLE
Domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen"

CINDER
A fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire

DEBRIS
The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

GROUND
The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

LOSERS

MASSES
The common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"

PARING
A thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

RABBLE
Disparaging terms for the common people

REFUSE
Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

SCORIA
The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals

SCRAPS
Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

SHARDS

SINTER
Cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting

SLUDGE
The precipitate produced by sewage treatment

SORDES

THEBAD

VERMIN
Any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats; "cereals must be protected from mice and other vermin"; "he examined the child's head for vermin"; "boys in the village have probably been shooting vermin"

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CLINKER
A hard brick used as a paving stone

DEPOSIT
The act of putting something somewhere

FILINGS

GARBAGE
A worthless message

HEELTAP

HOGWASH
Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

MORAINE
Accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier

OFFSCUM

PARIAHS

PARINGS

RASPING
Uttering in an irritated tone

RINSING
The removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing

RUBBISH
Nonsensical talk or writing

SHAVING
The act of brushing against while passing

STUBBLE
Short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days

THEEVIL

WASTAGE
The process of wasting

RESIDUE
Matter that remains after something has been removed

GROUNDS
The enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard"

REMAINS
The dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

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SEDIMENT
Matter that has been deposited by some natural process

ALLUVION
The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"

ALLUVIUM
Clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down

CANAILLE

DEADWOOD
Someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded

DEPOSITS

DILUVIUM

LEAVINGS

OUTCASTS

RASPINGS

RIFFRAFF
Disparaging terms for the common people

SCOURING
The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water

SHAVINGS

UNWASHED
Not cleaned with or as if with soap and water; "a sink full of unwashed dishes"

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DISHWATER
Water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed

POTSHERDS

SCOURINGS

SCRAPIRON
Iron to be melted again and reworked

SONSOFMEN

SUBLIMATE
Made pure

SWEEPINGS