offscouring

Examples

• All

• She wiped away the offscouring from the counter.

• The table was covered in offscouring after the meal.

• The workers collected the offscouring from the factory floor at the end of each shift.

• Rainwater washed the offscouring from the streets into the drains.

• The workers collected the offscouring from the factory floor at the end of each shift.

• After scrubbing the old pot, she threw the offscouring into the trash.

• Rainwater washed the offscouring from the streets into the drains.

Synonyms

W

waste

vsoffscouring

536 1.0

Material that people throw away after use, like food or packaging

is specifically the scum or dirt removed during surface cleaning

D

dross

vsoffscouring

4 9.6

Waste material that forms on the surface of melted metal and is removed

is the dirty residue removed from a surface during cleaning

S

scouring

vsoffscouring

3.9

Dirt and small bits removed when you scrub something

is the dirt taken away specifically by surface cleaning actions

S

soilage

vsoffscouring

• Archaic

9.1

Dirt or mess that makes something dirty

is the actual material scraped off a surface during washing

Antonyms

C

clean

∞ 1.0

Free from dirt or harmful things

How Dirty

offscouring

• Archaic

9.9

scum

24 4.2

dirt

95 1.0

debris

302 4.1

residue

148 4.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology