noun
1.
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
2.
the scoria from a volcano.
3.
waste left over after the re-sorting of coal.
verb (used with object)
4.
to convert into slag.
5.
Metallurgy. to remove slag from (a steel bath).
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verb (used without object)
6.
to form slag; become a slaglike mass.
Related forms
slag·a·ble, adjective
slag·a·bil·i·ty, noun
slag·less, adjective
slag·less·ness, noun
un·slagged, adjective
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noun
British Slang. an abusive woman.
Origin:
1780–90; originally an argot word for a worthless person or a thug; perhaps identical with slag1
1780–90; originally an argot word for a worthless person or a thug; perhaps identical with slag1
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slag (slæɡ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | See also basic slag Also called: cinder 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 |
| 2. | a mass of rough fragments of pyroclastic rock and cinders derived from a volcanic eruption; scoria |
| 3. | a mixture of shale, clay, coal dust, and other mineral waste produced during coal mining |
| 4. | slang (Brit) a coarse or dissipated girl or woman |
| —vb , slags, slagging, slagged | |
| 5. | slang (Brit) (tr), ( |
| 6. | slang (Austral) (intr) to spit |
| [C16: from Middle Low German slagge, perhaps from slagen to | |
| 'slagging | |
| —n | |
| 'slaggy | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
slag
1552, from M.L.G. slagge (Ger. Schlacke) "splinter flying off when metal is struck," related to O.H.G. slahan "to strike, slay" (see slay). Verbal slang meaning "denigrate" is from 1971, from noun sense of "worthless person" (1788).
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slag  (slāg) Pronunciation Key
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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Example sentences
And yet under the measureless grossness and slag of that book one must find the lyric.
The slag samples deposited at the top of sample collector by the particle action of impacting and agglomerating.
The rest are cast on the slag heap, left to fend for themselves with no basic understanding of the sciences.
Some wax cylinders and discs, metal tape, vinyl records and other formats have already begun disintegrating or are slag.
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