sludge

sludge

 (slŭj)

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. A semisolid mass composed of an aggregation of cells (such as red blood cells in blood vessels) or particulate matter (such as cholesterol crystals and calcium salts in bile).

intr.v. sludged, sludg·ing, sludg·es

To form sludge.

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[Perhaps alteration of dialectal slutch, mire.]

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sludg′y adj.

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sludge

(slʌdʒ)

n

1. soft mud, snow, etc

2. (Mechanical Engineering) any deposit or sediment

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

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

[C17: probably related to slush]

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sludge

(slʌdʒ)

n.

1. mud, mire, or ooze; slush.

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

3. any of various mudlike deposits or mixtures.

4. broken ice, as on the sea.

5. sediment deposited during the treatment of sewage.

[1640–50; variant of dial. slutch, slitch, Middle English slich slime, wet mud];

sludg′y, adj. sludg•i•er, sludg•i•est.

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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, 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.

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sludge

noun

A viscous, usually offensively dirty substance:

mire, muck, ooze, slime, slop, slush.

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Translations

أوْحال وقاذورات

bahno

slam

SchlammKlärschlamm

lodo

hyhmäkattilakiviliejulietemuta

bouelie

leîja, eîja

fanghigliafango

dubļidūņasnogulsnes

cıvık çamur

淤泥

sludge

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sludge

[ˈslʌdʒ] n → boue f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sludge

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

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sludge

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

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sludge

(sladʒ) noun

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 lama bahno der Schlamm slam βούρκοςfango, lodo muda لجن liete boue בּוֹץ שַמנוּנִי कीचड़, पंक blato, mulj iszap endapan leðja, eðja fango, melma 汚泥 진창, 침전물 dumblas, nuosėdos dubļi; nogulsnes; dūņas selut slijkgjørme, bunnfall, slammuł, osad زرڼه، خټه، چكړ: زرنه، رانځړه lama noroi грязь, осадок bahno usedlina mulj dy, gyttja, [röt]slam โคลน cıvık çamur 淤泥 густа грязь, мул چکنی پھسلواں مٹی یا دلدل bùn quánh 淤泥

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