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Slurry

/ˈslʌ.ɹi/

Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.

📖 Definitions of "Slurry"

noun
  1. 1

    Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.

  2. 2

    Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams.

  3. 3

    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.

  4. 4

    A thickener.

verb
  1. 1

    To make a slurry (of some material).

  2. 2

    To apply a slurry (to).

    "Next week we will be slurrying the parking lot."

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