sludge (redirected from Sewage sludge)

sludge  (slj)

n.

1. Semisolid material such as the type precipitated by sewage treatment.

2. Mud, mire, or ooze covering the ground or forming a deposit, as on a riverbed.

3. Finely broken or half-formed ice on a body of water, especially the sea.

4. An agglutination or aggregation of blood cells forming a semisolid mass that often impedes circulation.

intr.v. sludged, sludg·ing, sludg·es

To agglutinate or aggregate into a semisolid mass; form a sludge. Used of blood cells.

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[Perhaps alteration of dialectal slutch, mire.]

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sludgy adj.

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sludge [slʌdʒ]

n

1. soft mud, snow, etc.

2. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) any deposit or sediment

3. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a surface layer of ice that has a slushy appearance

4. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) (in sewage disposal) the solid constituents of sewage that precipitate during treatment and are removed for subsequent purification

[probably related to slush]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sludge - the precipitate produced by sewage treatment precipitate - a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering
	2.	sludge - any thick, viscous matter             goo, gook, goop, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, slime matter - that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it" sapropel - sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans

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sludge

noun sediment, ooze, silt, mud, muck, residue, slop, mire, slime, slush, slob (Irish), dregs, gloop (informal) All dumping of sludge will be banned.

Translations

sludge [slʌdʒ] N (= mud) → fango m, lodo m; (= sediment) → residuos mpl; (= sewage) → aguas fpl residuales

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sludge [ˈslʌdʒ] n → boue f

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sludge

n → Schlamm m, → Matsch m (inf); (= sediment) → schmieriger Satz

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sludge [slʌdʒ] n (mud, sediment) → melma; (sewage) → deposito di fognatura

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sludge

n sludge [sladʒ]

soft, slimy mud, grease or other matter which settles at the bottom of a liquid The river-bed is covered with thick sludge. slyk أوْحال وقاذورات утайка bahno slam der Schlamm βούρκος fango, lodo muda لجن muta boue בּוֹץ שַמנוּנִי कीचड़, पंक blato, mulj iszap endapan leðja, eðja fango, melma 汚泥 진창, 침전물 dumblas, nuosėdos dubļi; nogulsnes; dūņas selut slijk gjørme, bunnfall, slam muł, osad lama noroi грязь, осадок bahno usedlina mulj dy, gyttja, []slam โคลน cıvık çamur 淤泥 густа грязь, мул چکنی پھسلواں مٹی یا دلدل bùn quánh 淤泥