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SCORIA (scoriae)

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Irregular inflected form: scoriae  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does scoria mean? 

SCORIA (noun)
  The noun SCORIA has 1 sense:

1. the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metalsplay

  Familiarity information: SCORIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCORIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

dross; scoria; slag

Hypernyms ("scoria" is a kind of...):

scum (a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scoria"):

basic slag (slag produced in making steel; low in silica but having large amounts of calcium phosphate; useful as fertilizer)


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