slag

IPA: sɫˈæg

noun

  • Waste material from a mine.
  • Scum that forms on the surface of molten metal.
  • Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders.
  • Hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material.
  • Scoria associated with a volcano.
  • (UK, Ireland, slang, derogatory) A prostitute or promiscuous woman; a slut.
  • (UK, Ireland, derogatory, dated) A coward.
  • (UK, Ireland, chiefly Cockney, derogatory) A contemptible person, a scumbag.

verb

  • (transitive) To produce slag.
  • (intransitive) To become slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point.
  • (transitive) To reduce to slag.
  • (transitive, slang) To talk badly about; to malign or denigrate (someone).
  • (transitive, Ireland, slang) To make fun of; to take the piss (tease, ridicule or mock).
  • (intransitive, Australia, slang) To spit.
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Examples of "slag" in Sentences

  • The slag melts in the heat of the furnace.
  • The slag is a byproduct of the smelting process.
  • The slag is skimmed off the top of the metal as it is tapped.
  • Iron slag is a waste product, but is used in steel sometimes.
  • The system includes a nozzle for collecting the slag and fume.
  • In conventional furnaces the slag will attack the furnace walls.
  • Remnants of slag from the furnaces can still be found in the area.
  • The addition of lime or dolomite favors the slagging of the silicon.
  • This was due to the erosion of the furnace lining by the liquid slag.
  • If I call the queen a dirty parasite slag is that OK, it is just words.
  • The resulting smelted steel is tapped and the slag is tapped separately.
  • When iron runs from the slag hole the well is full and the furnace is taped.
  • As for the name, the first thing I think of is a bing, a mountain of slag from a coal mine.
  • They then thought that it was a piece of slag from a local foundry that had fallen out of a dump truck.
  • Keep up the blog on February 13, 2008 at 8: 21 am | Reply deborah parr seriously someone got called a slag and was reported to the police?
  • To clarify: in English, slag is the mostly contaminated waste product of the iron- and steel-making process that would be inimical to agriculture.
  • Deposits of raw materials by the rail yards formed mountain ranges of limestone, iron ore, and coal to go with the towering gray heaps of by-product called slag.
  • The plant used to weld its steel auto frames in a way that produced lots of sparks, which, in turn, left lots of a waste-metal byproduct known as slag on the floor.

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