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slag
1[ slag ]
noun
- Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- the scoria from a volcano.
- waste left over after the re-sorting of coal.
verb (used with object)
- to convert into slag.
- Metallurgy. to remove slag from (a steel bath).
verb (used without object)
- to form slag; become a slaglike mass.
slag
2[ slag ]
noun
- British Slang. an abusive woman.
slag
/ slæɡ /
noun
- See basic slagAlso calledcinder the fused material formed during the smelting or refining of metals by combining the flux with gangue, impurities in the metal, etc. It usually consists of a mixture of silicates with calcium, phosphorus, sulphur, etc See also basic slag
- a mass of rough fragments of pyroclastic rock and cinders derived from a volcanic eruption; scoria
- a mixture of shale, clay, coal dust, and other mineral waste produced during coal mining
- slang.a coarse or dissipated girl or woman
verb
- slang.tr usually foll by off to abuse (someone) verbally
- slang.intr to spit
slag
/ slăg /
- The vitreous mass left as a residue by the smelting of metallic ore. It consists mostly of the siliceous and aluminous impurities from the iron ore.
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Derived Forms
- ˈslaggy, adjective
- ˈslagging, noun
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Other Words From
- slaga·ble adjective
- slaga·bili·ty noun
- slagless adjective
- slagless·ness noun
- un·slagged adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of slag1
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Example Sentences
We could toss all this information onto the ever-growing “Oh, those crazy Republicans” slag heap, have a laugh, and let it go.
“Some fat slag on news.com.au has already branded it a disaster,” he said.
It would be the equivalent of someone trying to slag Halle Berry without mentioning Catwoman.
The archetypal Arizonan did not slag the state; he spoke in the language of a real-estate brochure.
In the end I might leave one gleaming flake or so amidst the slag heaps for a moment of postmortem sympathy.
Lrmann recommends the slag to be decomposed by means of hydrochloric (muriatic) acid.
When this reaction begins I see light flames breaking through the lake of molten slag in my furnace.
The slag is basic and takes the sulphur and phosphorus into combination, thus ending its combination with the iron.
More than an eighth and sometimes a quarter of the weight of the pig-iron flows off in slag and is carted away.
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