slurry

Plural: slurries

Noun

• a suspension of insoluble particles (as plaster of Paris or lime or clay etc.) usually in water
• Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
• Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams.
• 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.
• A thickener.

Verb

Verb Forms: slurried, slurrying, slurries

• To mix a substance with liquid to form a semi-liquid mixture.
• To make a slurry (of some material).
• To apply a slurry (to).

Adj

• Slurred, tending to slur.

Examples

• He spoke with a slurry voice.
• He tried to slurry his uncooperative tiles into a playable word, but failed.
• His voice became progressively slurrier as he drank the three bottles of wine.
• Next week we will be slurrying the parking lot.

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