Definitions for slagslæg

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

slagslæg(n.; v.)slagged, slag•ging.

  1. (n.)the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.

    Category: Metallurgy

  2. (v.t.)to convert into slag.

    Category: Metallurgy

  3. (v.i.)to form slag.

    Category: Metallurgy

Origin of slag:

1545–55; < MLG slagge

slag′gy(adj.)-gi•er, -gi•est.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. slag, scoria, dross(verb)

    the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals

  2. slag(verb)

    convert into slag

Wiktionary

  1. slag(Noun)

    The impurities which result and are separated out when melting a metal or refining it from its ore; also, vitrified cinders.

  2. slag(Noun)

    The scoria of a volcano.

  3. slag(Noun)

    A woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex; a slut.

  4. slag(Noun)

    A hard aggregate that is left as a residue from blast furnaces, which may be used as a surfacing material.

  5. slag(Verb)

    To make slag.

  6. slag(Verb)

    To talk badly about someone; to denigrate someone.

  7. Origin: From slagg, or slacke, whence German Schlacke; originally, perhaps, the splinters struck off from the metal by hammering.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Slag(verb)

    the dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders

  2. Slag(verb)

    the scoria of a volcano


Translations for slag

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

bump(noun)

(the sound of) a blow or knock

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