sludge Noun
A generic term for solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
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A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.
A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a body of water.
(uncountable, music) sludge metal
Synonyms
* (separated solids) mud, mire, ooze, slush
Derived terms
* activated sludge
* oil sludge
* sludge metal
* sludgecore
Verb
(sludg)
(informal) to slump or slouch.
to slop or drip slowly.
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slurry English
Etymology 1
Unclear; probably related to ( etyl) ; compare slur. From mid-15th c.
( wikipedia slurry)
Noun
( slurries)
Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
* 1981 , National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Animal Nutrition, Feeding Value of Ethanol Production By-products , page 26 ,
- While little information is available, it[distillers wet yeast] probably is similar to spent brewers yeast slurry .
* 2002 , R. Peter King, Introduction to Practical Fluid Flow , page 81 ,
- The most important application of fluid flow techniques in the mineral processing industry is the transportation of slurries'. Whenever solid materials are in particulate form transportation in the form of a ' slurry is possible.
* 2006 , Mark A. Shand, The Chemistry and Technology of Magnesia , page 146 ,
- Magnesium hydroxide slurry' consists of an aqueous suspension of particulate magnesium hydroxide. The principle sources of '''slurry''' are from seawater- or brine-produced magnesium hydroxide, natural brucite, or from the slaking of magnesium oxide powder. Magnesium hydroxide ' slurry is gaining in popularity as a replacement for caustic soda and lime in waste-water treatment applications.
* 2011 , Wan Renpu, Petroleum Industry Press staff (translators), Advanced Well Completion Engineering , page 259 ,
- The other properties of cement slurry' and set cement are also related closely to cement ' slurry density.
(mining) Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams.
* 2006 , Raymond N. Yong, Catherine N. Mulligan, Masaharu Fukue, Geoenvironmental Sustainability , page 145 ,
- Slurry' tailings ponds are by far the major type of containment facilities for ' slurry tailings.
(agriculture) A mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water, stored in a slurry pit and used as fertilizer; also used in combination, as pig slurry , etc.
* 2004 , W. H. Rulkens, 11: Overview of resource recovery techmologies for biowaste'', Piet Lens, B. Hamelers, Harry Hoitink, Werner Bidlingmaier (editors), ''Resource Recovery and Reuse in Organic Solid Waste Management , page 249 ,
- In the Netherlands, the most problematic agricultural waste is liquid pig manure or pig slurry .
Derived terms
* coal slurry
* meat slurry
* slurry pit
* slurry wall
Verb
To make a slurry (of some material).
To apply a slurry (to).
- Next week we will be slurrying the parking lot.
Etymology 2
From .
Adjective
( er)
Slurred, tending to slur.
- He spoke with a slurry''' voice.'' — ''His voice became progressively '''slurrier as he drank the three bottles of wine.
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