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lees
(lēz)pl.n.
Sediment settling during fermentation, especially in wine; dregs.
[Middle English lies, pl. of lie, from Old French, from Medieval Latin lia, probably of Celtic origin; see legh- in Indo-European roots.]
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lees
(liːz)pl n
the sediment from an alcoholic drink
[C14: plural of obsolete lee, from Old French, probably from Celtic; compare Irish lige bed]
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lees
(liz)n.
pl. of lee 2 .
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Lees
dregs; anything thrown away—Johnson, 1755.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Noun | 1. | lees - the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
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lees
plural noun sediment, grounds, refuse, deposit, precipitate, dregs, settlings a glass-fronted barrel showing the wine resting on its lees.
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lees
nounMatter that settles on a bottom or collects on a surface by a natural process:
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lees
pl → Bodensatz m
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