slag
/slæɡ/
noun
- 1
Waste material from a coal mine
- 2
Scum that forms on the surface of molten metal
- 3
Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders
- 4
Hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material
- 5
Scoria associated with a volcano
- 6
A coward
- 7
(chiefly Cockney) a contemptible person, a scumbag
- 8
A prostitute
- 9
A woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex; a slut
verb
- 1
To produce slag
- 2
To become slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point
- 3
To reduce to slag
- 4
(sometimes with "off") to talk badly about; to malign or denigrate (someone)
- 5
To spit
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