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SETTLINGS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does settlings mean? 

SETTLINGS (noun)
  The noun SETTLINGS has 1 sense:

1. sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquidplay

  Familiarity information: SETTLINGS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SETTLINGS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

dregs; settlings

Hypernyms ("settlings" is a kind of...):

deposit; sediment (matter that has been deposited by some natural process)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "settlings"):

grounds (dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue)

Derivation:

settle (sink down or precipitate)

settle (cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids))


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