slurry
[slur-ee]
- a thin mixture of an insoluble substance, as cement, clay, or coal, with a liquid, as water or oil.
- Ceramics. a thin slip.
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- to prepare a suspension of (a solid in a liquid).
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- of or relating to such a suspension.
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Origin of slurry
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Contemporary Examples
Indeed, there are whole generations who only know him in his slurry buccaneer phase from Pirates of the Caribbean.
Volcanoes spewed lava and ash, ocean floors were thrust upward, sand and rock and shale settled into slurry.
Historical Examples
These streams fill the channel with a slurry of mud and commonly transport considerable quantities of sediment for a day or two.
DesertsA. S. Walker
Slurry, slur′i, n. any one of several semi-fluid mixtures, esp.
At the upper end the raw material is fed in either as a dry powder or as a slurry; at the lower end is a powerful burner.
slurry
- a suspension of solid particles in a liquid, as in a mixture of cement, clay, coal dust, manure, meat, etc with water
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Word Origin
C15 slory; see slur
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Word Origin and History for slurry
n.
mid-15c., "mud, slime, semi-fluid mix of water and dirt or clay," probably related to Middle English sloor "thin or fluid mud" (see slur (n.)).
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