dregsnoun [ plural ]
uk/dreɡz/us/dreɡz/the small solid pieces that sink to the bottom of some liquids, such as wine or coffee, that are not usually drunk:
I wanted a last drink of coffee, but there were only dregs left.
She had drunk her coffee down to the dregs (= finished it).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Things remaining
- (and) all the rest idiom
- balance
- bastion
- cutpiece
- deposit
- for the rest idiom
- ground
- leftover
- remainder
- remains
- remnant
- residual
- residue
- rest
- ruin
- rump
- throwback
- time capsule
- vestige
- wreckage
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Idiom(s)
the dregs of society/humanity