Grounds and Settlings

Grounds

Grounds noun - Dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue.
Usage example: it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds
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Settlings is a synonym for grounds in dregs topic. In some cases you can use "Settlings" instead a noun "Grounds", when it comes to topics like sediment.

Settlings

Settlings noun - Matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid.
Usage example: a wine of that advanced age is likely to have a fair amount of settlings

Grounds is a synonym for settlings in residue topic. You can use "Grounds" instead a noun "Settlings", if it concerns topics such as dregs, accumulation of solid, solid residue from liquid solution.
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