slurry

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
2. (countable, uncountable) Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams.
3. (countable, uncountable) 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.
4. (countable, uncountable) A thickener.

Verb

1. To make a slurry (of some material).
2. To apply a slurry (to).

Adj

Slurred, tending to slur.

Sinónimos

sludge

silt

slip

ooze

liquor

plasm

plasma

pulp

serum

slop

slush

suspension

syrup

muddy water

clay suspension

manure effluent

mud accumulation

serous fluid

mud solution

mud fluid

mud-laden fluid

thick liquid

slime pulp

feed liquid

slime water

mud silting

coal paste

coal pulp

feed

coal liquid

gumbo

jelly

liquid manure

Traducións

lisier

Gülle

estiércol fluido

fango refluo

ردغة

estrume fluido

τσιμεντολάσπη

boue

colaticcio

liquame

concime liquido

estrume líquido

chorume

esterco líquido

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈslʌ.ɹi/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Relativo a Middle English: sloor

In summary

Unclear; probably related to Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”); compare slur. From mid-15th c.