sludge

About 3.32 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
2. noun A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
3. noun A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.
4. noun A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a water body.
5. noun Ellipsis of sludge metal.
6. noun Institutional policies that introduce tedium and inefficiency in processes.
7. verb To slump or slouch.
8. verb To slop or drip slowly.

Similar words

slime muck ooze goo gunk guck sewage dewatering silt dirt

Often followed by

is and process from in to treatment disposal was

Word family

sludges sludgier sludgiest sludgy