slurry.
Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
Meaning & usage
Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams.
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.
A thickener.
Where this word comes from
Unclear; probably related to Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”); compare slur. From mid-15th c.
To make a slurry (of some material).
To apply a slurry (to).
Next week we will be slurrying the parking lot.
Where this word comes from
Unclear; probably related to Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”); compare slur. From mid-15th c.
Slurred, tending to slur.
He spoke with a slurry voice.
His voice became progressively slurrier as he drank the three bottles of wine.
Where this word comes from
From slur (“run together; articulate poorly”) + -y.
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