lees
/liːz/
lees noun: the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit. Also the plural of lee.
Noun
lees pl (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.1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 7
- Kipper drained his glass to the lees and seemed to become calmer.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X
- Synonyms:
- dregs
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Lees
Lees (countable and uncountable, plural Leeses)
- A surname.
- A village in Dalbury Lees parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2637).
- A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9504).
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Lees
Lees
- plural of Lee
Also used as
lees is also the plural of lee.
lees meaning in Gujarati
lees in Gujarati
- લીસ
Synonyms of lees
Forms of lees
| plural | Leeses |
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Origin of lees
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.
Words formed from lees
Phrases with lees
Words that rhyme with lees
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- wheeze
- Cantonese
- chemise
- miner's disease
- trapeze
- Congolese
- dees
- disease
- displease
- frieze
- Japanese
- Keyes
- leese
- overseas
- pease
- please
- Portuguese
- sneeze
- tweeze
- appease
- bes
- bez
- blue cheese
- botanese
- Burmese
- expertise
- fries
- greeze
- Guyanese
- he's
- Javanese
- keys
- legalese
- Louise
- Maltese
- Ningbonese
- octopodes
- Pekingese
- Shanghainese
- she's
- Sinhalese
- Socrates
- tees
- Versaillese
- Viennese
- Vietnamese
- a little bit of bread and no cheese
- academese
Questions about lees
- What does lees mean?
- Lees means the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
- What is lees in Gujarati?
- Lees in Gujarati is લીસ. See Lees meaning in Gujarati.
- What part of speech is lees?
- Lees can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce lees?
- Lees is pronounced /liːz/.
Words near lees in the dictionary
Source and license
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