slurry
/ˈslʌ.ɹi/ · noun
Meaning
- Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
- Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams.
- 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.
- A thickener.
- To make a slurry (of some material).
- To apply a slurry (to).
- Slurred, tending to slur.
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