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 Definitions of sludge  [ʌdʒ]  

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Definition of 'sludge' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) sludge
mud, mire, or ooze; slush.

2.  sludge
a deposit of ooze at the bottom of a body of water.

3.  sludge
any of various mudlike deposits or mixtures.

4.  sludge
broken ice, as on the sea.

5.  sludge
sediment deposited during the treatment of sewage.

Etymology:  (1640–50; var. of dial. slutch, slitch, ME slich slime, wet mud);

Definition of 'sludge' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) sludge
the precipitate produced by sewage treatment

2. (noun) sludge, slime, goo, goop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze
any thick, viscous matter


Definition of 'sludge' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) sludge
mud; mire; soft mud; slush

2. (noun) sludge
small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow

3. (noun) sludge
see Slime, 4


Translation of 'sludge' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: soft, slimy mud, grease or other matter which settles at the bottom of a liquid
The river-bed is covered with thick sludge.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: slyk Arabic flag Arabic: أوْحال وقاذورات Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: утайка
Brazilian flag Brazilian: lama Czech flag Czech: bahno German flag German: der Schlamm
Danish flag Danish: slam Greek flag Greek: βούρκος Spanish flag Spanish: fango, lodo
Estonian flag Estonian: muda Farsi flag Farsi: لجن Finnish flag Finnish: liete
French flag French: boue Hebrew flag Hebrew: בּוֹץ שַמנוּנִי Hindi flag Hindi: कीचड़, पंक
Croatian flag Croatian: blato, mulj Hungarian flag Hungarian: iszap Indonesian flag Indonesian: endapan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: leðja, eðja Italian flag Italian: fango, melma Japanese flag Japanese: 汚泥
Korean flag Korean: 진창, 침전물 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: dumblas, nuosėdos Latvian flag Latvian: dubļi; nogulsnes; dūņas
Malay flag Malay: selut Dutch flag Dutch: slijk Norwegian flag Norwegian: gjørme, bunnfall, slam
Polish flag Polish: muł, osad Persian flag Persian: لجن Pashto flag Pashto: زرڼه، خټه، چكړ: زرنه، ران
Portuguese flag Portuguese: lama Romanian flag Romanian: noroi Russian flag Russian: грязь, осадок
Slovak flag Slovak: bahno Slovenian flag Slovenian: usedlina Serbian flag Serbian: mulj
Swedish flag Swedish: dy, gyttja, [röt]slam Thai flag Thai: โคลน Turkish flag Turkish: cıvık çamur
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 淤泥 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: густа грязь, мул Urdu flag Urdu: چکنی پھسلواں مٹی یا دلدل
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bùn quánh Chinese flag Chinese: 淤泥

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