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Meanings of settlings in English

Catalan
pòsit

Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid.

        pòsit
        Synonyms
        Examples for "grounds"
        Examples for "grounds"
        1
        Photo: 123RF State House said the pardon was based on compassionate grounds.
        Radio NZ
        2
        The sea is also a shipping route and has major fishing grounds.
        Radio NZ
        3
        The company has said the decision was made purely on business grounds.
        Reuters
        4
        The allegations in both cases are not without grounds, legal experts say.
        Reuters
        5
        The government said it would appeal against the ruling on security grounds.
        Radio NZ
        1
        This is not the time to drain the cup to the dregs.
        The Home and the World
        2
        But I have been in a sponging-house, and tasted the lowest dregs.
        Richard Carvel — Volume 07
        3
        He headed for the roof on the last dregs of his power.
        Iron Man
        4
        The dregs of sleep began to clear, and the walls seemed displaced.
        The Valley of Horses
        5
        The Governor dropped his cigarette end into the dregs of his coffee.
        Merton of the Movies
        Usage of settlings in English
        1
        When the animals had drunk, he filled the water bag with the settlings.
        The Freebooters of the Wilderness
        2
        Then let the liquor run through a bolter, to sever the spice, stopping before any settlings come.
        The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
        3
        Thrown down; settlings; coming from above.
        The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen
        4
        Actual "settlings" were the dregs of humanity.
        Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 05, April 30, 1870
        5
        But for the slight concavities on the hilltop that marked shuttler settlings, there was little to indicate their previous presence.
        Attrition
        6
        "Perhaps, darling Lucia," she said, "it would be well to ask my Guru if he has anything to say to your settlings.
        Queen Lucia
        Frequent collocations
        Translations for settlings
        Settlings through the time