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Definition of Slurry
1. Noun. A suspension of insoluble particles (as plaster of Paris or lime or clay etc.) usually in water.
Definition of Slurry
1. Adjective. Slurred, tending to slur. ¹
2. Noun. A thin mixture of liquid and fine substances such as clay or plaster of Paris. ¹
3. Noun. Liquid waste produced by mountain top removal mining. Usually very toxic. Usually stored nearby in giant dams. ¹
4. Verb. To make a slurry (of some material) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slurry
1. to convert into a type of watery mixture [v -RIED, -RYING, -RIES]
Medical Definition of Slurry
1. A thin semifluid suspension of a solid in a liquid. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slurry
Literary usage of Slurry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guide for Conducting Treatability Studies Under CERCLA: Biodegradation by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Additionally, slurry- phase bioremediation systems may be used to treat sludges
and sediments in existing lagoons and impoundments, thus eliminating the ..."
2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"In the early daya of the industry, the slurry was prepared with so large a
proportion of water as to be a thin cream from which the water was allowed to ..."
3. Calcareous Cements: Their Nature, Manufacture & Uses with Some Observations by Gilbert Richard Redgrave, Charles Spackman (1905)
"We will now proceed to describe the methods employed for preparing the slip or
slurry of the wet process, leaving the treatment of the raw flour or meal, ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The slurry, which is wet enough to flow, is ground between millstones so as to
... The drying of the slurry is generally effected by the waste heat of the ..."
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