dreg
Bottom of cup
Dregs are the sediment that settles at the bottom of a liquid—the bits of solid matter in wine, coffee, or tea that sink to the vessel's floor.
By extension, dregs refers to the last remaining portion of something: She drained the dregs of her coffee.
Figuratively, the dregs of society are people considered the lowest or most worthless: the dregs of humanity.
The singular dreg appears occasionally but dregs dominates.
Reject or garbage
- scumSurface residue or lowlifes
- riffraffDisreputable or undesirable people
- rabbleDisorderly, noisy crowd
- outcastsRejected, excluded people
lowlife · underclass · scoria · dross · rejects · undesirables · bottom feeders · lowliest
Fermentation deposit residue
- groundsBasis for justification
- residueMatter left behind
- sludgeSemi-solid waste material
- siltWaterborne earth particles
deposit · precipitate · settling · tailings · sediment · grouts · bottoms · settlings
refuse
Reject or garbage
- scumSurface residue or lowlifes
- riffraffDisreputable or undesirable people
- rabbleDisorderly, noisy crowd
outcasts · lowlife · underclass · scoria · dross · rejects · undesirables · bottom feeders · lowliest · vilest
lees
Fermentation deposit residue
silt · deposit · precipitate · settling · tailings · sediment · grouts · bottoms · settlings · must
remainder
What's left over
remains · trace · vestige · bottom of barrel · heel · stub · rump · tag end · fag end · butt end
contaminated
Made impure by contact
murky · clouded · unclean · turbid · adulterated · impurity · spoiled · corrupted · befouled · dirty
dregclear liquid
Transparent flowing substance
supernatant · filtrate · distillate · essence · clear
dregelite
Superior select group
upper crust · aristocracy · nobility · crème de la crème · high society
- dredge upRetrieve something buried
- dredging upRetrieving from below
- dregs of society