dirt
Earth beneath feet
Dirt is loose earth or soil: The kids were playing in the dirt.
Extended to any substance that makes something unclean—dust, grime, mud tracked indoors.
Figuratively, dirt is scandalous or damaging information about someone: They're digging up dirt on the candidate.
To treat someone like dirt is to show them no respect.
Dirt cheap means extremely inexpensive.
Ingrained surface dirt
- muckFilthy wet dirt
- gunkViscous unpleasant substance
- crudFilthy deposit or residue
- sludgeSemi-solid waste material
grease · soot · smudge · stains · residue · scum · uncleanliness · squalor
Fertile soil mixture
- topsoilNutrient-rich surface earth
- humusDecayed organic soil matter
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
- siltWaterborne earth particles
sand · peat · compost · mulch · earthworms · sediment · minerals · organic
Unconfirmed circulating story
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- slanderSpoken false defamation
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
- innuendoOblique disparaging remark
speculation · tabloid · defamation · backbiting · dishing · tea · scoop · smear
Scattered broken fragments
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- destructionAct of completely ruining
detritus · remains · excavation · construction · bulldozer · demolish · landfill · clearing
grime
Ingrained surface dirt
sludge · grease · soot · smudge · stains · residue · scum · uncleanliness · squalor · foulness
loam
Fertile soil mixture
silt · sand · peat · compost · mulch · earthworms · sediment · minerals · organic · tillage
rumor
Unconfirmed circulating story
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- slanderSpoken false defamation
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
innuendo · speculation · tabloid · defamation · backbiting · dishing · tea · scoop · smear · secrets
debris
Scattered broken fragments
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
destruction · detritus · remains · excavation · construction · bulldozer · demolish · landfill · clearing · quarry
racetrack
Course for competitive speed
trail · speedway · rally · unpaved · dusty · course · oval · racing
- cleaningcleaning, clean, housekeeping, clean up, daily cleaning
- Earthearth, Earth, globe, continent, axis
- Earth/Landearth, land, ground, soil, clay
- gardenbed, seeds, bloom, blossom, compost
- nonliving thingsrocks, stones, boulders, metal, pebbles
- construction sitehard hat, hard hats, foreman, cones, cranes
dirtcleanliness
Absence of dirt
cleanness · purity · spotlessness · sterility · immaculateness
- dirty laundryEmbarrassing private matters
- dirty dishesUsed plates needing washing
- dirty lookHostile facial expression
- dirty clothesGarments needing to be washed
- dirt roadUnpaved rural thoroughfare
- dirty workUnderhanded or unpleasant activity
dirty, dirtied, dirtiness, dirtier, dirtiest, dirtying, dirts, dirties, dirtbag