noun🔗ShareEscoriaWaste material from a coal mine"The children played near the abandoned coal mine, building forts out of the piles of slag. "Los niños jugaban cerca de la mina de carbón abandonada, construyendo fuertes con los montones de escoria.materialgeologyenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEscoriaScum that forms on the surface of molten metal"The worker carefully removed the slag from the top of the molten steel. "El trabajador retiró cuidadosamente la escoria de la parte superior del acero fundido.materialsubstancetechnicalindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEscoriaImpurities 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. "Después de calentar el mineral de hierro en el horno, los trabajadores retiraron la escoria, un material de desecho vítreo, para llegar al metal puro.materialsubstancechemistryindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEscoriaHard 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. "Los trabajadores de la construcción utilizaron escoria para crear una capa base duradera para el nuevo estacionamiento.materialgeologyindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEscoriaScoria associated with a volcano"After the volcanic eruption, black slag covered the once green fields near the mountain. "Después de la erupción volcánica, la escoria negra cubrió los campos verdes que una vez estuvieron cerca de la montaña.geologymaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCobardeA coward"He ran away from the bully; everyone now calls him a slag. "Huyó del matón; ahora todos lo llaman cobarde.characterpersonmoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEscoria, canalla(chiefly Cockney) a contemptible person, a scumbag""He stole money from the charity box; he's a complete slag." "Robó dinero de la caja de caridad; es una completa escoria.personcharacterattitudemoralsocietynegativeinhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareProstituta, putaA prostitute"The rumors about Sarah being a slag spread quickly through the school. "Los rumores sobre que Sarah era una puta se extendieron rápidamente por la escuela.personsexlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePuta, zorraA woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex; a slutsexmoralpersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareProducir escoriaTo produce slag"The furnace workers slag the iron ore, separating out the valuable metal from the waste material. "Los trabajadores del horno producen escoria del mineral de hierro, separando el metal valioso del material de desecho.materialindustrytechnicalprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEscoriarseTo 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. "Los finos de mineral de hierro, mezclados incorrectamente y no lo suficientemente calientes para fundirse por completo, comenzaron a escoriarse en el horno, formando una masa dura e inutilizable.materialprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareReducir a escoriaTo reduce to slag"The intense heat of the furnace will slag the metal ore, separating the valuable minerals from the waste. "El intenso calor del horno reducirá el mineral metálico a escoria, separando los minerales valiosos de los residuos.materialprocessindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCriticar, denigrar(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. "El compañero de trabajo no paraba de criticar a la nueva jefa de proyecto, diciendo que era incompetente.communicationlanguageattitudesocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEscupirTo spit"The baseball player got some dirt in his mouth and had to slag it out. "El jugador de béisbol se metió tierra en la boca y tuvo que escupirla.bodyphysiologyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading