slurry

UK/ˈslʌ.ɹi/US/ˈslʌ.ɹi/

nounC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,862 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: slurries

Slurry is liquid farm waste, stored and spread on land. Spread the slurry, a slurry tank, slurry spreading.

It is manure and water together and is valuable fertiliser and a serious pollutant at once, since a spill can strip the oxygen from a river within hours. Storage and spreading dates are regulated for exactly that reason.

Definitions of slurry

1nounslurryLiquid farm waste, stored and spread on land.C1
“The farmer sprayed slurry on the fields, and the whole village smelled of it.”

slurry is a waste.

Where it comes from

Of uncertain origin, probably related to a Middle English word for thin mud.

unknown; probably related to Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”); compare slur. From mid-15th c.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Farm & Countryside

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slurry in the wild

A slurry pipeline is a specially engineered pipeline used to move ores, such as coal or iron, or mining waste, called tailings, over long distances.
Slurry pipeline
A mixture of the ore concentrate and water, called slurry, is pumped to its destination and the water is filtered out.
Slurry pipeline
A slurry is a mixture of denser solids suspended in liquid, usually water.
Slurry
Depending on the mixture, the slurry may be abrasive and/or corrosive.
Slurry
Lisa is aghast when she learns the plant, "L'il Lisa Slurry" makes a slurry from liquefied sea creatures.
The Old Man and the Lisa

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