WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
dreg /drɛg/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- dregs, [plural] the last part of liquid left in a container;
grounds:drank the dregs of his coffee. - Usually, dregs. [plural] the least valuable part of anything:the dregs of society.
dreg
(dreg),USA pronunciation n.
- dregs, the sediment of liquids;
lees;
grounds. - Usually, dregs. the least valuable part of anything:the dregs of society.
- a small remnant;
any small quantity.
- Old Norse dreg yeast (plural dreggjar dregs); cognate with Old Swedish dräg dregs
- Middle English 1250–1300
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