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SLURRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slurry mean?
• SLURRY (noun)
The noun SLURRY has 1 sense:
1. a suspension of insoluble particles (as plaster of Paris or lime or clay etc.) usually in water
Familiarity information: SLURRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A suspension of insoluble particles (as plaster of Paris or lime or clay etc.) usually in water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("slurry" is a kind of...):
suspension (a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy)
Context examples
The use of a spinning filter mounted in a drum periphery to purify a slurry.
(Centrifugal Filtration, NCI Thesaurus)
The use of a rotary drum, belt, or other moving filter to purify a slurry.
(Moving Filter Filtration, NCI Thesaurus)
Scientists assessed the strains of E. coli from infected humans and looked for the same strains in sewage, dairy farm slurry, human faeces, and contaminated foods including beef, pork, chicken, salad and fruit.
(Wash your hands or else spread superbug E. coli, say scientists, Wikinews)
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