noun
- plural of slurry; thin liquid mixtures of fine particles suspended in water or other liquids
Usage: technical; industrial
Examples
- The mining company pumped slurries of crushed ore through the processing plant.
- Concrete slurries were used to fill the gaps in the foundation.
- The paper mill produced slurries of wood pulp and water.
- Agricultural slurries containing animal waste are used as fertilizer.
- The ceramic factory mixed clay slurries for molding pottery.
- Oil drilling operations generate slurries of mud and rock fragments.