Tailings

Definitions

1. The waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing; the waste from coal mining.
   plural, plural-only
2. The weak feints, the last fraction of product obtained at the end of distillation, typically impure and containing fusel oils.
   plural, plural-only
3. Inferior or damaged grain, as well as seeds of other plants (weeds), removed from grain before milling or sowing.
   plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“Meronym: culm”

“[…] and it is made into a mash which is fermented and distilled in the same way that an ordinary grain mash is handled in a whisky distillery. The tailings from the still are first compressed to extract the water, and[…]”

CEFR level