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Synonyms for slag


Grammar : Noun
Spell : slag
Phonetic Transcription : slæg



Définition of slag

Origin :
  • "refuse from smelting," 1550s, from Middle Low German slagge (German Schlacke) "splinter flying off when metal is struck," related to Old High German slahan "to strike, slay" (see slay (v.)).
  • noun debris
Example sentences :
  • The separation of the slag and iron is facilitated by throwing in some lime from time to time.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • Of these, oyster or marine shells, burnt shale, and slag are most common.
  • Extract from : « American Rural Highways » by T. R. Agg
  • Because, at the foot of the tree, as if broken off the stone, fragments of slag were found.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • This cement is made of limestone and clay, or marl, chalk, and slag.
  • Extract from : « Diggers in the Earth » by Eva March Tappan
  • Slag and sand were delivered to the mixer by means of wheelbarrows.
  • Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette
  • Slag, being a man of feeling, opined that it was absence of mind.
  • Extract from : « The Coxswain's Bride » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • Now the surface was a lethal desert of slag and rolling clouds.
  • Extract from : « The Defenders » by Philip K. Dick
  • In 1870, a youth sat upon the slag heap of a mine in California.
  • Extract from : « A Man's Value to Society » by Newell Dwight Hillis
  • Tommy motioned me to keep my eye on the V-shaped cutting in the slag below us.
  • Extract from : « War and the Weird » by Forbes Phillips
  • And do you see all those ashes, and slag, and cinders lying about?
  • Extract from : « The Water-Babies » by Charles Kingsley

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