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Slurry

//ˈslʌ.ɹi// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Slurred, tending to slur.

    "He spoke with a slurry voice."

Noun
  1. 1
    Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid. countable, uncountable

    "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 probably is similar to spent brewers yeast slurry."

  2. 2
    a suspension of insoluble particles (as plaster of Paris or lime or clay etc.) usually in water wordnet
  3. 3
    Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams. countable, uncountable

    "Slurry tailings ponds are by far the major type of containment facilities for slurry tailings."

  4. 4
    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. countable, uncountable

    "In the Netherlands, the most problematic agricultural waste is liquid pig manure or pig slurry."

  5. 5
    A thickener. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To make a slurry (of some material).
  2. 2
    To apply a slurry (to).

    "Next week we will be slurrying the parking lot."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unclear; probably related to Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”); compare slur. From mid-15th c.

Etymology 2

Unclear; probably related to Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”); compare slur. From mid-15th c.

Etymology 3

From slur (“run together; articulate poorly”) + -y.

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