noun Download 🔗Share A tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis. Examples : "After traveling to a tropical country, she experienced persistent diarrhea and a painful, sore tongue, leading doctors to suspect she had contracted sprue. " medicine disease Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (founding) The hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold. Examples : "The molten bronze flowed down the sprue and filled the intricate mold to create the statue. " material technology industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (founding) Material that cools in the feed channels to a mold. Examples : "The broken mold for the new toy had a lot of sprue, making it hard to remove the small figures. " material technical industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To remove the sprues (material left in feed channels) from a cast piece. Examples : "After the plastic model cooled, I had to sprue the pieces carefully from the plastic frame. " material technical process industry machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading