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noun mud, mire, or ooze; slush.
a deposit of ooze at the bottom of a body of water.
any of various more or less mudlike deposits or mixtures.
the sediment in a steam boiler or water tank.
broken ice, as on the sea.
a mixture of some finely powdered substance and water.
sediment deposited during the treatment of sewage.
Also called activated sludge. Bacteriology . sewage sediment that contains a heavy growth of microorganisms, resulting from vigorous aeration.
a fine, mudlike powder produced by a mining drill.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of sludge First recorded in 1640–50; variant of dialectal slutch, slitch, Middle English slich “slime, wet mud” (compare its derivative slucched “muddy”); apparently of expressive origin
OTHER WORDS FROM sludge de-sludge, verb (used with object), de-sludged, de-sludg·ing. Words nearby sludge SLR, SLSC, slub, slubber, slubberdegullion, sludge , sludgeworm, sludging, sludgy, slue, sluff
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Example sentences from the Web for sludge Forensic tests showed the birds died after becoming coated in sludge , Hubbard said.
Two Texas Regulators Tried to Enforce the Rules. They Were Fired. | David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News| December 9, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Rain had fallen heavily overnight and the streets were caked in sludge .
Inside a Russian-Occupied Police Station in Ukraine | David Patrikarakos| April 13, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The sludge was sent by rail and spread around on a defunct resort ranch near Sierra Blanca.
U.S. Drug and Immigration Checkpoints Take Toll on Border Towns | Andrew Becker, G. W. Schulz| June 18, 2013| DAILY BEAST
In 1992 the EPA removed 97,000 tons of liquid waste, and 60 tons of sludge from the site.
Our Most Polluted States | The Daily Beast| May 19, 2010| DAILY BEAST
One who has noticed it in the Teviot says, that the inhabitants there call it "sludge ."
Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 129, April 17, 1852 | Various
Sludge testifies to his religion even after he has lost his dignity and his honour.
Robert Browning | G. K. Chesterton
Appliances are made for this purpose, by which the sludge is pressed to a consistency of about 50 per cent.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 467, December 13, 1884 | Various
In the mean time, Rust and Sludge became exceedingly sociable.
The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 1, July 1843 | Various
When the sludge is discharged water is added through M to the proper level.
Acetylene, The Principles Of Its Generation And Use | F. H. Leeds
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British Dictionary definitions for sludge noun soft mud, snow, etc
any deposit or sediment
a surface layer of ice that has a slushy appearance
(in sewage disposal) the solid constituents of sewage that precipitate during treatment and are removed for subsequent purification
Word Origin for sludge C17: probably related to slush
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Words related to sludge goo, grease, silt, slime, muck, sediment, gunk, oil, slop, mire, ooze, scum, glop, goop