noun
- solid particles that sink to the bottom of a liquid; sediment or dregs
Usage: usually plural
Examples
- The wine had settlings at the bottom of the bottle.
- She poured the coffee carefully to avoid the settlings.
- The settlings in the pond made the water murky.
- After the storm, settlings covered the lake bottom.
- The old barrel contained settlings from years of storage.
- He filtered out the settlings before serving the cider.