EGAVE

slurry

About 1.43 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
  2. noun Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams.
  3. noun 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. noun A thickener.
  5. verb To make a slurry (of some material).
  6. verb To apply a slurry (to).
    Next week we will be slurrying the parking lot.
  7. adjective Slurred, tending to slur.
    He spoke with a slurry voice.

Similar words

muddy muck mire mush broom sludge ditch gutter sewage manure

Often followed by

is of and was to in with or from

Word family

slurried slurries slurrying

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