Background for slag

slag

/slæɡ/

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noun

Waste material from a coal mine

Examples :

"The children played near the abandoned coal mine, building forts out of the piles of slag. "

material geology environment

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noun

Scum that forms on the surface of molten metal

Examples :

"The worker carefully removed the slag from the top of the molten steel. "

material substance technical industry

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noun

Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders

Examples :

"After the iron ore was heated in the furnace, the workers removed the slag, a glassy waste material, to get to the pure metal. "

material substance chemistry industry

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noun

Hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material

Examples :

"The construction workers used slag to create a durable base layer for the new parking lot. "

material geology industry

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noun

Scoria associated with a volcano

Examples :

"After the volcanic eruption, black slag covered the once green fields near the mountain. "

geology material

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noun

Examples :

"He ran away from the bully; everyone now calls him a slag. "

character person moral

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noun

(chiefly Cockney) a contemptible person, a scumbag

Examples :

""He stole money from the charity box; he's a complete slag." "

person character attitude moral society negative inhuman

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noun

Examples :

"The rumors about Sarah being a slag spread quickly through the school. "

person sex language

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noun

A woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex; a slut

sex moral person

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verb

To produce slag

Examples :

"The furnace workers slag the iron ore, separating out the valuable metal from the waste material. "

material industry technical process

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verb

To become slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point

Examples :

"The iron ore fines, improperly mixed and not hot enough to fully melt, began to slag in the furnace, forming a hard, unusable mass. "

material process

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verb

To reduce to slag

Examples :

"The intense heat of the furnace will slag the metal ore, separating the valuable minerals from the waste. "

material process industry

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verb

(sometimes with "off") to talk badly about; to malign or denigrate (someone)

Examples :

"The coworker kept slagging off the new project manager, saying she was incompetent. "

communication language attitude society

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verb

Examples :

"The baseball player got some dirt in his mouth and had to slag it out. "

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