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slak.

snail, slug (any gastropod)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/slɑk/
  1. snail, slug (any gastropod)

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch slecke, slacke, from Old Dutch *slecco, from Proto-Germanic *slikkô, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sliǵ-ōn, from *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”). Cognate with Luxembourgish Schleek, German Low German Slacke, Slack (“snail”).

noun/slɑk/
  1. slag (the impurities which result and are separated out when melting a metal or refining it from its ore)

    feminine · no-diminutive
  2. hard, molten leftovers of burnt coal and other solid fuels

    feminine · no-diminutive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German slagge, whence also German Schlacke, English slag. See the latter.

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