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BASIC SLAG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does basic slag mean?
• BASIC SLAG (noun)
The noun BASIC SLAG has 1 sense:
1. slag produced in making steel; low in silica but having large amounts of calcium phosphate; useful as fertilizer
Familiarity information: BASIC SLAG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slag produced in making steel; low in silica but having large amounts of calcium phosphate; useful as fertilizer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("basic slag" is a kind of...):
dross; scoria; slag (the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals)
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