SLURRY

slurry

(noun) a suspension of insoluble particles (as plaster of Paris or lime or clay etc.) usually in water

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

slurry (countable and uncountable, plural slurries)

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

slurry (third-person singular simple present slurries, present participle slurrying, simple past and past participle slurried)

To make a slurry (of some material).

To apply a slurry (to).

Etymology 2

Adjective

slurry (comparative slurrier, superlative slurriest)

Slurred, tending to slur.

Anagrams

• Lurrys

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