nounπShareWaste material from a coal mine"The children played near the abandoned coal mine, building forts out of the piles of slag. "materialgeologyenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareScum that forms on the surface of molten metal"The worker carefully removed the slag from the top of the molten steel. "materialsubstancetechnicalindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareImpurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders"After the iron ore was heated in the furnace, the workers removed the slag, a glassy waste material, to get to the pure metal. "materialsubstancechemistryindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareHard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material"The construction workers used slag to create a durable base layer for the new parking lot. "materialgeologyindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareScoria associated with a volcano"After the volcanic eruption, black slag covered the once green fields near the mountain. "geologymaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA coward"He ran away from the bully; everyone now calls him a slag. "characterpersonmoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShare(chiefly Cockney) a contemptible person, a scumbag""He stole money from the charity box; he's a complete slag." "personcharacterattitudemoralsocietynegativeinhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA prostitute"The rumors about Sarah being a slag spread quickly through the school. "personsexlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex; a slutsexmoralpersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo produce slag"The furnace workers slag the iron ore, separating out the valuable metal from the waste material. "materialindustrytechnicalprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo become slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point"The iron ore fines, improperly mixed and not hot enough to fully melt, began to slag in the furnace, forming a hard, unusable mass. "materialprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo reduce to slag"The intense heat of the furnace will slag the metal ore, separating the valuable minerals from the waste. "materialprocessindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShare(sometimes with "off") to talk badly about; to malign or denigrate (someone)"The coworker kept slagging off the new project manager, saying she was incompetent. "communicationlanguageattitudesocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo spit"The baseball player got some dirt in his mouth and had to slag it out. "bodyphysiologyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading