sweepings

sweepings
Synonyms and related words:
afterglow, afterimage, balance, bones, butt, butt end, candle ends, chaff, culm, deadwood, debris, detritus, dishwater, draff, dregs, dust, end, fag end, filings, fossil, garbage, gash, hogwash, holdover, husks, leavings, lees, leftovers, odds and ends, offal, offscourings, orts, parings, potsherds, rags, raspings, refuse, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, roach, rubbish, ruins, rump, sawdust, scourings, scrap iron, scraps, scum, shadow, shards, shavings, slack, slag, slop, slops, straw, stubble, stump, survival, swill, tares, trace, vestige, wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper, weeds

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  • Sweepings — Sweep ings, n. pl. Things collected by sweeping; rubbish; as, the sweepings of a street. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sweepings — noun (plural) dirt, dust etc that is left to be swept up: a pile of sweepings …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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  • sweepings — noun That which is swept up …   Wiktionary

  • sweepings — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dirt, litter, refuse; see filth , trash 1 , 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • sweepings — sweep|ings [ˈswi:pıŋz] n [plural] dirt, dust etc that is left to be swept up …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sweepings — n. dust and dirt that has been swept up with a broom …   English contemporary dictionary

  • sweepings — dirt or refuse collected by sweeping. → sweeping …   English new terms dictionary

  • sweepings — n. pl. Refuse, offscourings, dirt, rubbish …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • Joseph Aspdin — (December? 1778 – 20 March 1855) was a British cement manufacturer who obtained the patent for Portland cement on 21 October 1824.Joseph Aspdin (or Aspden) was the eldest of the six children of Thomas Aspdin, a bricklayer living in the Hunslet… …   Wikipedia

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