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.

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