slurry

[slur-ee]

noun, plural slur·ries.

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

verb (used with object), slur·ried, slur·ry·ing.

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

adjective

of or relating to such a suspension.

Origin of slurry

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

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Examples from the Web for slurry

Contemporary Examples of slurry

Indeed, there are whole generations who only know him in his slurry buccaneer phase from Pirates of the Caribbean.
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Malcolm Jones
September 12, 2014
Volcanoes spewed lava and ash, ocean floors were thrust upward, sand and rock and shale settled into slurry.
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Clive Irving
August 31, 2014

Historical Examples of slurry

These streams fill the channel with a slurry of mud and commonly transport considerable quantities of sediment for a day or two.
Deserts
A. S. Walker
Slurry, slur′i, n. any one of several semi-fluid mixtures, esp.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)
Various
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.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6
Various

British Dictionary definitions for slurry

slurry

noun plural -ries

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

Word Origin for slurry

C15 slory; see slur

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Word Origin and History for slurry

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.)).