noun
- something that is worthless or of very poor quality
- waste matter separated from metals during smelting
Usage: metallurgy
Examples
- The editor removed all the dross from the manuscript before publication.
- Most of the books at the yard sale were complete dross.
- The critic dismissed the film as commercial dross.
- The smelter separated the valuable metal from the dross.
- She had to sift through piles of dross to find anything worthwhile.
- The antique dealer could spot quality items among the dross.
- The furnace produced tons of dross that had to be disposed of properly.