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1slurry

noun slur·ry \ˈslər-ē, ˈslə-rē\

: a thick mixture of water and another substance (such as mud or lime)

plural slur·ries

Full Definition of SLURRY

:  a watery mixture of insoluble matter (as mud, lime, or plaster of paris)
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Origin of SLURRY

Middle English slory
First Known Use: 15th century

Other Chemical Engineering Terms

alkali, cation, decant, hygroscopic, isotope, oxidize, solute, viscous

Rhymes with SLURRY

blurry, burry, curry, flurry, furry, dhurrie, gurry, hurry, Moray, murrey, scurry, spurrey, surrey, whirry, worry

2slurry

transitive verb
slur·riedslur·ry·ing

Definition of SLURRY

:  to convert into a slurry

First Known Use of SLURRY

1947

Other Chemical Engineering Terms

alkali, cation, decant, hygroscopic, isotope, oxidize, slurry, solute, viscous
Medical Dictionary

slurry

noun slur·ry \ˈslər-ē, ˈslə-rē\
plural slur·ries

Medical Definition of SLURRY

:  a watery mixture of insoluble matter

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