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slag

/slæɡ/
noun

  1. Waste material from a coal mine

  2. Scum that forms on the surface of molten metal

  3. Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders

    Similar: dross, recrement, scoria

Synonymsdross, recrement, scoria
verb

  1. To produce slag

  2. To become slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point

  3. To reduce to slag

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