sludge
See also: SLUDGE
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Etymology edit
Possibly related to slush.
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Noun edit
sludge (countable and uncountable, plural sludges)
- Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
- 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:
- Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. […] Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.
- A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
- A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.
- A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a water body.
- (uncountable, music) sludge metal
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- → Italian: sludge
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generic term for separated solids
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residual material from a process
sediment of minerals in a steam boiler
small pieces of ice
Verb edit
sludge (third-person singular simple present sludges, present participle sludging, simple past and past participle sludged)
- (intransitive, informal) To slump or slouch.
- (intransitive) To slop or drip slowly.