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drab.

sediment, dregs

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/drɑp/
  1. sediment, dregs

    feminine · neuter · uncountable
  2. goop, filth

    feminine · neuter · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Uncertain, but probably related to Dutch draf (“dregs”) (from Proto-Germanic *drabaz). Compare Low German drabbe (“silt”). First attested as Dutch drabbe (“sediment”) in 1599.

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