noun🔗ShareA tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis."The doctor suspected sprues when the patient, recently returned from Southeast Asia, complained of a painful tongue and persistent digestive issues. "diseasemedicineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(founding) The hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold."The molten bronze flowed down the sprues, filling the intricate mold to create the statue. "materialtechnicalindustrymachineprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(founding) Material that cools in the feed channels to a mold."After the metal cooled, the factory worker carefully removed the metal castings and then broke off the sprues, which were the extra bits of hardened metal from the mold's channels. "materialtechnicalindustrymachineprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo remove the sprues (material left in feed channels) from a cast piece."After the metal casting cooled, the worker had to sprue each part before sending them to the next stage of manufacturing. "materialprocesstechnicalindustryworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
