dregs

🇺🇸 /dreɡz/ 🇬🇧 /dreɡz/
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noun
R

The tiny bits left at the bottom of a cup or container after the liquid is gone.

I don't like drinking the dregs in my tea cup.

R

The least valuable parts or the leftovers that no one wants.

Only the dregs of the snack box were left, like the broken chips and crumbs.

R

The last remaining parts of something, often the least enjoyable.

At the party, we were left with the dregs of the soda, warm and flat at the bottom of the bottle.

translation

n. The tiny bits left at the bottom of a cup or container after the liquid is gone.; The least valuable parts or the leftovers that no one wants.; The last remaining parts of something, often the least enjoyable.