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Uncommonslag
The correct spelling is slag.
How to pronounce slag
/slæɡ/
nounIPA: /slæɡ/
Say it like: Sla-g
The correct spelling is slag. Waste material from a coal mine
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Meanings
noun
- 1.Waste material from a coal mine
- 2.Scum that forms on the surface of molten metal
- 3.Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders
- 4.Hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material
- 5.Scoria associated with a volcano
verb
- 1.To produce slag
- 2.To become slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point
- 3.To reduce to slag
- 4.(sometimes with "off") to talk badly about; to malign or denigrate (someone)
- 5.To spit
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