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Definition of "slurry" [slurry]

  • A thin mixture of a liquid, especially water, and any of several finely divided substances, such as cement, plaster of Paris, or clay particles. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "slurry" in a sentence
  • "In practice, the term slurry is used for the digester content or the digested substrate flowing out of the plant."
  • "Too bad nearby farmers are now losing their ancestral farm houses and fertile rows of corn to longwall mining and more coal slurry is slated for their aquifers."
  • "The Associated Press has found that several Appalachian states “let coal companies inject slurry into abandoned mines” but “none track exactly how much slurry is pumped underground” or examine its chemical composition."