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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.Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
- 2.Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams.
- 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.A thickener.
verb
- 1.To make a slurry (of some material).
- 2.To apply a slurry (to).
adjective
- 1.Slurred, tending to slur.
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