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See definition of settlings on Dictionary.com
  • as indeposit
  • as indregs
  • as ingrounds
  • as insilt

synonyms for settlings

  • alluvium
  • delta
  • deposition
  • dregs
  • drift
  • grounds
  • lees
  • precipitate
  • precipitation
  • sediment
  • silt
  • deposits
  • dirt
  • lees
  • residue
  • slag
  • waste
  • draff
  • residue
  • sand
  • deposit
On this page you'll find 35 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to settlings, such as: alluvium, delta, deposition, dregs, drift, and grounds.

antonyms for settlings

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  • debit
  • withdrawal
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        How to use settlings in a sentence

        He went around, and approached from up-stream, awfully careful not to make any noise or raise any settlings.
        PLUCK ON THE LONG TRAILEDWIN L. SABIN
        Then let the liquor run through a bolter, to sever the spice, stopping before any settlings come.
        THE CLOSET OF SIR KENELM DIGBY KNIGHT OPENEDKENELM DIGBY
        The clarified butter is to be put aside to be kept, the settlings must be used for common and immediate purposes.
        THE ART OF TRAVELFRANCIS GALTON
        And while we're talking, don't you think we might be mixing some of the settlings of the molasses barrel with the brown sugar?
        ROMANCE OF CALIFORNIA LIFEJOHN HABBERTON
        The last traces of settlings, will be removed and the liquid will be clear.
        THE LIBRARY OF WORK AND PLAY: OUTDOOR WORKMARY ROGERS MILLER
        Carefully remove all discolorations and settlings of the water from the 183 turkey.
        HOUSEKEEPING IN OLD VIRGINIAMARION CABELL TYREE
        Yet sometimes sudden settlings, accompanied by more or less extended earthquakes, must have visibly altered local landscapes.
        THE BOOK OF THE NATIONAL PARKSROBERT STERLING YARD
        There is a place on the road where iron sand is dug, and whence runs a chalybeate spring, which leaves settlings of ochre.
        TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH AMERICA, V. 1-2BERHARD SAXE-WEIMAR EISENACH
        Let it settle twenty-four to thirty hours; pour off the water, leave the settlings, pour in two thirds of a quart of water.
        REMINISCENCES OF GLASS-MAKINGDEMING JARVES
        In all settlings the longer time this operation is permitted to continue, the better will the subsequent operations proceed.
        SOAP-MAKING MANUALE. G. THOMSSEN
        SYNONYM OF THE DAY
        OCTOBER 26, 1985
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        capacitor

        WORDS RELATED TO SETTLINGS

        • alluvium
        • delta
        • deposition
        • dregs
        • drift
        • grounds
        • lees
        • precipitate
        • precipitation
        • sediment
        • settlings
        • silt
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