slurry en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈslʌ.ɹi/ (US) without the hurry–furry merger
- /ˈslʊ.ɹi/ (Northern-England)
- /ˈslʌ.ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /ˈslɝ.i/ US, hurry–furry merger
Etymology
Unclear; probably related to Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”); compare slur. From mid-15th c.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
1981, National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Animal Nutrition, Feeding Value of Ethanol Production By-products, page 26, While little information is available, it probably is similar to spent brewers yeast slurry.
Magnesium hydroxide slurry consists of an aqueous suspension of particulate magnesium hydroxide. The principle sources of slurry are from seawater- or brine-produced magnesium hydroxide, natural brucite, or from the slaking of magnesium oxide powder. Magnesium hydroxide slurry is gaining in popularity as a replacement for caustic soda and lime in waste-water treatment applications.
2006, Mark A. Shand, The Chemistry and Technology of Magnesia, page 146:The most important application of fluid flow techniques in the mineral processing industry is the transportation of slurries. Whenever solid materials are in particulate form transportation in the form of a slurry is possible.
2002, R. Peter King, Introduction to Practical Fluid Flow, page 81:2011, Wan Renpu, Petroleum Industry Press staff (translators), Advanced Well Completion Engineering, page 259, The other properties of cement slurry and set cement are also related closely to cement slurry density.
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(countable, uncountable) Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams.
Slurry tailings ponds are by far the major type of containment facilities for slurry tailings.
2006, Raymond N. Yong, Catherine N. Mulligan, Masaharu Fukue, Geoenvironmental Sustainability, page 145:
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(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.
In the Netherlands, the most problematic agricultural waste is liquid pig manure or pig slurry.
2004, W. H. Rulkens, “11: Overview of resource recovery techmologies for biowaste”, in Piet Lens, B. Hamelers, Harry Hoitink, Werner Bidlingmaier, editors, Resource Recovery and Reuse in Organic Solid Waste Management, page 249:
- (countable, uncountable) A thickener.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| slurries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
beslurry · meat slurry · coal slurry · slurry bomber · slurry wall · slurry pit
Translations (38)
fr lisier (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · cs močůvka (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · ltg seivs (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · de Jauche (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · fi liete (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · et virts (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · it purino (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · pt esterco líquido (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · cmn 泥漿 /泥浆 (any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid) · ltg suoglys (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · it colaticcio (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · da ajle (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · pl zawiesina (any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid) · sv flytgödsel (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · pt chorume (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · ru жи́жа (any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid) · es purín (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · it liquame (any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid) · lv sīvs (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · da gylle (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · fi liete (any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid) · es licuamen (any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid) · fr purin (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · de Schlämme (any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid) · pl gnojowica (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · lv virca (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · dsb jucha (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · ja 泥漿 (any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid) · fr boue (any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid) · fi lietelanta (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · ja スラリー (any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid) · ga sciodar (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · sv toppredning (a thickener) · es licuame (any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid) · de Gülle (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · de Schlicker (any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid) · ru жи́дкий наво́з (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) · de Brei (any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid)