scoria

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) The slag or dross that remains after the smelting of metal from an ore.
2. (countable, uncountable) Rough masses of rock formed by solidified lava, and which can be found around a volcano's crater.

Concepts

scorie

laitier

salope

slag

Synonymes

slag

dross

cinder

clinker

scum

sinter

sullage

scobs

scoriae

furnace slag

fused slag

volcanic cinder

engine ash

moltenslag

molten-slag

recrement

rust

rustiness

Traductions

escoria

scoria

σκωρία

loppa

metaalschuim

slakken

escória

jorra

مخلّفات المعدن المصهور

grasas

escòria

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈskɔː.ɹɪ.ə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Latin scōria, from Ancient Greek σκωρία (skōría), from σκῶρ (skôr, “dung”).