slurry
IPA: sɫˈɝi
noun
- Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
- (mining) Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams.
- (agriculture) A mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water, stored in a slurry pit and used as fertilizer; also used in combination, as pig slurry, etc.
- (cooking) A thickener.
verb
- To make a slurry (of some material).
- To apply a slurry (to).
adjective
- Slurred, tending to slur.
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Examples of "slurry" in Sentences
- For rice flour or slurry is used.
- From slurry expression of address ...
- Slurry pipelines use a slurry of water and pulverized coal.
- In the process, the paper is pulped to form an aqueous slurry.
- The wet web is formed from the slurry and the web is then dried.
- Oxygen is introduced to the leach slurry to assist the oxidation.
- The remainder of the slurry oil is pumped through a slurry settler.
- A fuel slurry and engine systems for using the slurry are disclosed.
- A slurry of unrefined dispersion is continuously fed into the tube to fill it.
- Froth or foam bubbles float to the surface of the slurry carrying ink particles.