slag
Pronunciation: (slag), [key]
— n., v., slagged, slag•ging.
—n.
- Also calledthe more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- the scoria from a volcano.
- waste left over after the re-sorting of coal.
—v.t.
- to convert into slag.
- to remove slag from (a steel bath).
—v.i.
- to form slag; become a slaglike mass.
slag
Pronunciation: (slag), [key]
— n.
- an abusive woman.
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