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Lees vs Leeks - What's the difference?

lees | leeks |

As nouns the difference between lees and leeks

is that lees is the sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit while leeks is plural of lang=en.

lees

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) (m), from .

Noun

(head)
  • (plural only) The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
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    Synonyms

    * (sediment) (l)

    Related terms

    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)
  • (sailing) English plurals

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    leeks

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    * *