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n. sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid

n. worthless or dangerous material that should be removed; "there were impurities in the water"

n. any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"

residue

n. matter that remains after something has been removed

rest, remainder, residue, residuum

n. something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"

rabble, riffraff, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail

n. disparaging terms for the common people

lower class

n. the social class lowest in the social hierarchy

garbage, refuse, scraps, food waste

n. food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

scum, trash

n. worthless people

compound, chemical compound

n. (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

alloy

n. a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper"

amalgam, dental amalgam

n. an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams

park, green, commons, common

n. a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"

court, courtyard

n. an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court"

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