SLUDGE

sludge

(noun) the precipitate produced by sewage treatment

sludge, slime, goo, goop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze

(noun) any thick, viscous matter

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

sludge (countable and uncountable, plural sludges)

Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.

A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.

A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.

A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a body of water.

(uncountable, music) sludge metal

Synonyms

• (separated solids): mud, mire, ooze, slush

Verb

sludge (third-person singular simple present sludges, present participle sludging, simple past and past participle sludged)

(intransitive, informal) To slump or slouch.

(intransitive) To slop or drip slowly.

Noun

SLUDGE

(emergency medicine, mnemonic) An acronym used to help remember the common symptoms of certain affections of a cholinergic toxidrome: "salivation, lacrimation, urination, defecation, gastrointestinal upset, emesis".

Synonyms

• DUMBELS

Source: Wiktionary

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Sludge, n. Etym: [CF. Slush.]

1. Mud; mire; soft mud; slush. Mortimer. Tennyson.

2. Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow. Kane.

3. (Mining)

Definition: See Slime, 4. Sludge hole, the hand-hole, or manhole, in a steam boiler, by means of which sediment can be removed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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