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slurry
English
Etymology 1
Unclear; probably related to Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”); compare slur. From mid-15th c.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?sl?.?i/, IPA(key): /?sl?.i/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sl?.?i/
- Rhymes: -??i
Noun
slurry (countable and uncountable, plural slurries)
- 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[distillers wet yeast] probably is similar to spent brewers yeast slurry.
- 2002, R. Peter King, Introduction to Practical Fluid Flow, page 81,
- 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.
- 2006, Mark A. Shand, The Chemistry and Technology of Magnesia, page 146,
- 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.
- 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.
- 1981, National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Animal Nutrition, Feeding Value of Ethanol Production By-products, page 26,
- (mining) Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams.
- 2006, Raymond N. Yong, Catherine N. Mulligan, Masaharu Fukue, Geoenvironmental Sustainability, page 145,
- 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,
- (agriculture) 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.
- 2004, W. H. Rulkens, 11: Overview of resource recovery techmologies for biowaste, Piet Lens, B. Hamelers, Harry Hoitink, Werner Bidlingmaier (editors), Resource Recovery and Reuse in Organic Solid Waste Management, page 249,
- 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, Piet Lens, B. Hamelers, Harry Hoitink, Werner Bidlingmaier (editors), Resource Recovery and Reuse in Organic Solid Waste Management, page 249,
- (cooking) A thickener.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
slurry (third-person singular simple present slurries, present participle slurrying, simple past and past participle slurried)
- To make a slurry (of some material).
- To apply a slurry (to).
- Next week we will be slurrying the parking lot.
Etymology 2
From slur (“run together; articulate poorly”) +? -y.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?sl?i/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sl???i/
- Rhymes: -??ri
Adjective
slurry (comparative slurrier, superlative slurriest)
- Slurred, tending to slur.
- He spoke with a slurry voice. — His voice became progressively slurrier as he drank the three bottles of wine.
Anagrams
- Lurrys
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homogenate
English
Noun
homogenate (plural homogenates)
- Any material obtained by homogenization
- (biology) The slurry of tissues and cells which results when cell structure has been mechanically disrupted.
See also
- homogenize
References
- homogenate, Stedman's Online Medical Dictionary, 27th Edition [home, info]
Anagrams
- hematogone
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