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Word entry · 6 letters

slurry

Best crossword clue

"Wet suspension"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈslʌ.ɹi/Part of speech nounSorted lrrsuyStarts with SEnds with Y2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a suspension of insoluble particles (as plaster of Paris or lime or clay etc.) usually in water

Word origin

Unclear; probably related to Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”); compare slur. From mid-15th c.

Used in a sentence

  • 1981, National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Animal Nutrition, Feeding Value of Ethanol Production By-products, page 26, While little information is available, it probably is similar to spent brewers yeast slurry.
  • 2011, Wan Renpu, Petroleum Industry Press staff (translators), Advanced Well Completion Engineering, page 259, The other properties of cement slurry and set cement are also related closely to cement slurry density.
  • Slurry tailings ponds are by far the major type of containment facilities for slurry tailings.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Wet suspension6 letters
02Watery mixture6 letters

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