'Sweepings' definitions:
Definition of 'Sweepings'
From: GCIDE
- Sweepings \Sweep"ings\, n. pl. Things collected by sweeping; rubbish; as, the sweepings of a street. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sweepings'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afterglow,
- afterimage,
- balance,
- bones,
- butt,
- butt end,
- candle ends,
- chaff,
- culm,
- deadwood,
- debris,
- detritus,
- dishwater,
- draff,
- dregs,
- dust,
- end,
- fag end,
- filings,
- fossil,
- garbage,
- gash,
- hogwash,
- holdover,
- husks,
- leavings,
- lees,
- leftovers,
- odds and ends,
- offal,
- offscourings,
- orts,
- parings,
- potsherds,
- rags,
- raspings,
- refuse,
- relics,
- remainder,
- remains,
- remnant,
- residue,
- residuum,
- rest,
- roach,
- rubbish,
- ruins,
- rump,
- sawdust,
- scourings,
- scrap iron,
- scraps,
- scum,
- shadow,
- shards,
- shavings,
- slack,
- slag,
- slop,
- slops,
- straw,
- stubble,
- stump,
- survival,
- swill,
- tares,
- trace,
- vestige,
- wastage,
- waste,
- waste matter,
- wastepaper,
- weeds