slurry
Slurred, tending to slurSlurred, tending to slur.
» The press is a beast, crushing almost 47 tonnes of apples an hour into juice and slurry.
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1 sensesSlurred, tending to slur.
He spoke with a slurry voice.
His voice became progressively slurrier as he drank the three bottles of wine.
Examples
2 sentencesThe press is a beast, crushing almost 47 tonnes of apples an hour into juice and slurry.
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
Origin
From slur (“run together; articulate poorly”) + -y.From slur (“run together; articulate poorly”) + -y.
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Forms
slurrier, slurriestWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.