slurry
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slurry¹
- /ˈslʌ.ɹi/ UK
- /ˈslʌ.ɹi/ US
- /ˈslɝ.i/
- /ˈslʊ.ɹi/ Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌɹi
Where it comes from
Unclear; probably related to Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”); compare slur. From mid-15th c.
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 probably is similar to spent brewers yeast slurry.
- Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams. Slurry tailings ponds are by far the major type of containment facilities for slurry tailings.
- 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. In the Netherlands, the most problematic agricultural waste is liquid pig manure or pig slurry.
- A thickener.
verb slurries · slurrying · slurried
- To make a slurry (of some material).
- To apply a slurry (to). Next week we will be slurrying the parking lot.
slurry²
- /ˈslɝi/ US
- /ˈslɜːɹi/ UK
Rhymes with -ɜːɹi
Where it comes from
From slur (“run together; articulate poorly”) + -y.
adjective slurrier · slurriest
- Slurred, tending to slur. He spoke with a slurry voice.
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noun any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid
| Español | licuame, licuamen |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 泥漿 deishō, スラリー surarī |
| 中文 | 泥漿 /泥浆 níjiāng |
| Français | boue |
| Deutsch | Schlämme, Schlicker, Brei |
| Italiano | liquame |
| Русский | жи́жа žíža |
noun agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
| Español | purín |
|---|---|
| Português | chorume, esterco líquido |
| Français | purin, lisier |
| Deutsch | Jauche, Gülle |
| Italiano | purino, colaticcio |
| Русский | жи́дкий наво́з žídkij navóz |
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title = {slurry},
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