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lees

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Scrabble points
4
Words With Friends
5
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/liːz/

Definition of lees

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (plural, plural-only)The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
    “Methinks my body is but the lees of my better being.”
    “Kipper drained his glass to the lees and seemed to become calmer.”
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noun

  1. (plural, plural-only)The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
    “Methinks my body is but the lees of my better being.”
    “Kipper drained his glass to the lees and seemed to become calmer.”
  2. (form-of, plural)plural of lee

name

  1. (countable)A surname.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A placename:
  3. (countable, uncountable)A placename:
  4. (form-of, plural)plural of Lee

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Etymology

From Old French lies, from Medieval Latin lias (“lees, dregs”) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish *ligyā, *legyā (“silt, sediment”) (compare Welsh llai, Old Breton leh (“deposit, silt”)), from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“layer”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie (down)”). Doublet of lias; also related to Loire and Leicester.

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