sweepings
Dustpan's eventual contents
Sweepings are the debris collected when sweeping—dust, dirt, scraps gathered by broom or brush: She emptied the sweepings into the trash.
By extension, sweepings can mean the least valuable remnants or refuse of anything: the sweepings of society, the sweepings left after the best items sold.
Fine settled particles
- dirtLoose dry earth
- litterScattered waste or debris
- scrapsSmall remaining pieces
- shavingsThin strips removed
sawdust · chaff · grit · crumbs · fluff · lint · hair · fibers
Residue at bottom
- remnantsWhat stays after most goes
- leftoversUneaten food kept afterward
- rejectsRefuses or discards
- castoffsAbandoned possessions
discards · refuse · scraps · leavings · worthless · insignificant · unwanted · overlooked
dust
Fine settled particles
shavings · sawdust · chaff · grit · crumbs · fluff · lint · hair · fibers · particles
dregs
Residue at bottom
castoffs · discards · refuse · scraps · leavings · worthless · insignificant · unwanted · overlooked · marginal
sawdust
Powdery timber waste
- shavingsThin strips removed
- wood-chipsShredded tree fragments
- cuttingsSnipped portions for growing
offcuts · trimmings · slivers · scrap · parings · turnings · swarf · splinters · bark · curls
broom
Bristled cleaning stick
collect · gather · tidy · clear · dispose · bin · discard · remove · heap · mound
- rubbishtrash, garbage, junk, litter, refuse
- wastetrash, garbage, rubbish, refuse, debris
- scrapsbits, scraps, remnants, shards, trimmings
- textile scrapsfabric scraps, lint, scraps, cuttings, clippings
- scrapingsshavings, filings, parings, gratings, scrapings
- feed ingredientsbran, wheat bran, rice bran, oat bran, middlings
sweepingscleanliness
Absence of dirt
spotlessness · purity · polish · tidiness · shine
- sweeping awayRemoving with broad strokes
- sweeping under the rug
- sweeping asideForcefully dismissing or removing
- street sweepingRemoving debris from roadways
- sweeping curves
- sweeping motion