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slurry

The correct spelling is slurry.

How to pronounce slurry

noun

IPA: /ˈslʌ.ɹi/

Say it like: Slu-rree

The correct spelling is slurry. Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid. For example: "Next week we will be slurrying the parking lot."

Usage Examples

Next week we will be slurrying the parking lot.

He spoke with a slurry voice. — His voice became progressively slurrier as he drank the three bottles of wine.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
  2. 2.Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams.
  3. 3.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.
  4. 4.A thickener.

verb

  1. 1.To make a slurry (of some material).
  2. 2.To apply a slurry (to).

adjective

  1. 1.Slurred, tending to slur.

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