slurry
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
1981, National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Animal Nutrition, Feeding Value of Ethanol Production By-products, page 26, While little information is available, it probably is similar to spent brewers yeast slurry.
2011, Wan Renpu, Petroleum Industry Press staff (translators), Advanced Well Completion Engineering, page 259, The other properties of cement slurry and set cement are also related closely to cement slurry density.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)(mining) Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)(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.
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)(cooking) A thickener.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To make a slurry (of some material).
- 2.
To apply a slurry (to).
Next week we will be slurrying the parking lot.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Slurred, tending to slur.
He spoke with a slurry voice.
His voice became progressively slurrier as he drank the three bottles of wine.
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Unclear; probably related to sloor thin or fluid mud; compare slur. From mid-15th c. right|thumb|A slurry of pulverized coal from a strip mine