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Definition slurry

Etymology 1

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

Noun

slurry (countable and uncountable, plural slurries)

1. Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
2. (mining) Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams.
3. (agriculture) A mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water, stored in a slurry pit and used as fertilizer; also used in combination, as pig slurry, etc.
4. (cooking) A thickener.

Verb

slurry (third-person singular simple present slurries, present participle slurrying, simple past and past participle slurried)

1. To make a slurry (of some material).
2. To apply a slurry (to).

Etymology 2

From slur (“run together; articulate poorly”) +‎ -y.

Adjective

slurry (comparative slurrier, superlative slurriest)

1. Slurred, tending to slur.

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