slurry

[slur-ee]

noun

plural

slurries 

1. a thin mixture of an insoluble substance, as cement, clay, or coal, with a liquid, as water or oil.

2. Ceramics.,  a thin slip.

verb (used with object)

slurried, slurrying 

1. to prepare a suspension of (a solid in a liquid).

adjective

1. of or relating to such a suspension.

slurry

/ ˈslʌrɪ /

noun

1. a suspension of solid particles in a liquid, as in a mixture of cement, clay, coal dust, manure, meat, etc with water

Word History and Origins

Origin of slurry¹

1400–50; late Middle English slory; perhaps akin to slur

Word History and Origins

Origin of slurry¹

C15 slory; see _slur

Example Sentences

Residents at the time described seeing slurry carrying "trees and big boulders", and buildings left deep in sludge and mud.

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If you don’t, a tiny cornstarch slurry will bring it together in minutes.

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The risks to the environment include from slurry and pesticide runoff.

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Now, I get it: the rice casseroles you grew up around — those beige pans of instant rice, canned vegetables, and a slurry of “cream of ___” soup — don’t exactly call you back to the kitchen.

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At least one person has died and several others have been injured after a train collided with a slurry tanker and derailed in southern Denmark, officials said.

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