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settlings

settlings

7.9
Small particles that sink to the bottom of a liquid
  • noun
  • /ˈsɛt.lɪŋz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sedimentos
  • The laboratory technician carefully poured off the clear liquid, leaving the settlings behind.

Examples

  • Tea often contains settlings at the bottom of the cup if not strained.

  • After filtering the wine, only a small amount of settlings remained in the bottle.

  • Look at those settlings in the fish tank!

  • Wow, there are so many settlings here!

  • After filtering the wine, only a small amount of settlings remained in the bottle.

  • Tea often contains settlings at the bottom of the cup if not strained.

  • The laboratory technician carefully poured off the clear liquid, leaving the settlings behind.

Synonyms

silt
vssettlings
18 3.7

Fine soil left by moving water in a river or harbor

is a general word for bottom sediment not limited to water deposits
dreg
vssettlings
15 8.8

A small amount of leftover bits at the bottom of a drink

is more general and covers all particles settled at the bottom
dregs
vssettlings
7.5

Small bits that sink to the bottom of a drink like coffee or tea

is the broad term for any sediment at the liquid's bottom
trub
vssettlings
  • Specialized
9.9

Solid bits that settle at the bottom of a liquid during brewing

is the general name for settled particles in any liquid

Antonyms

suspension
  • Specialized
6 5.7

A mixture of tiny solid particles that float in a liquid

How Much

deposit
  • Specialized
78 3.5
sediment
  • Specialized
43 4.2
settlings
  • Specialized
7.9
speck
66 1.3
trace
492 3.3

Surface Forms

settling singular
settlings plural

Morphology

settlings = settling (transparent) = settle + ing + s

Plural formation from the noun 'settling' (itself an -ing nominalization of 'settle'); the meaning 'particles that have settled' is directly derived.

Etymology

The word settlings comes from the verb settle, which means 'to sink or come to rest', plus the ending -ing that shows 'things that have done it'. So, settlings are the small bits or sediment that have sunk to the bottom of a liquid.