Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.

    Schlämme, Schlicker, Brei

    жи́жаžíža

    a suspension of insoluble particles (as plaster of Paris or lime or clay etc.) usually in water

  2. (countable, uncountable)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)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.

    Jauche, Gülle

    жи́дкий наво́зžídkij navóz

  4. (countable, uncountable)A thickener.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The press is a beast, crushing almost 47 tonnes of apples an hour into juice and slurry.

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  2. It's important that dairy farmers milk in the morning and evening, and that they always clean the cowshed and dispose of slurry.

    deFür Milchbauern ist es wichtig, morgens und abends zu melken, den Stall immer zu reinigen und Gülle zu entsorgen. — shibaddict

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid:
agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid:
agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer:

Origin

Unclear; probably related to Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”); compare slur. Fro

Unclear; probably related to Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”); compare slur. From mid-15th c.

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Forms

plural: slurries
Singularslurry
Pluralslurries

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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