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
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
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- deposit and grounds
- deposit and settlings
- ground and grounds
- ground and settlings
- rationale and grounds
- rationale and settlings
- explanation and grounds
- explanation and settlings
- precipitate and grounds
- precipitate and settlings
- residue and grounds
- residue and settlings
- deposition and grounds
- deposition and settlings
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