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单词 blunge
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Definition of blunge in English:

blunge

verb blʌn(d)ʒbləndʒ
[with object]
  • Mix (clay or other materials) with water in a revolving apparatus, for use in ceramics.

    china clays and ball clays are blunged separately
    Example sentencesExamples
    • After the last piece of clay has been put into the blunger, the mix is blunged for two hours.
    • I break up the clay vessel and take the fragments and blunge them and put them back on the potter's wheel.
    • The clay slurry, during the blunging and conditioning operations may include from about 25 to 65% solids.
    • This body is blunged as a slip and dried up to plastic on cloth on the ground and aged for developing plasticity.
    • Crude clays are blunged, sieved and passed over rare earth magnets, then stored in constantly agitated farm tanks.
    Synonyms
    blend, mingle, combine, put together, stir, jumble, merge
    blend, mingle, combine, put together, stir, jumble, merge

Derivatives

  • blunger

  • noun
    • It was taken to the blunger by wheelbarrow, or horse and cart, and more recently in bogies on a small narrow gauge railway by a pulley system linked to the steam engine.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Typical feed conditioning for either dry milling or to increase throughput of a primary crude blunger.
      • In my experience there does not appear to be any difference as long as in ‘wet mixing’ excess water and a blunger or whirler are used.
      • The ceramic fibre and paper pulp were then thoroughly mixed with the blunger and the other dry ingredients were added.
      • After the last piece of clay has been put into the blunger, the mix is blunged for two hours.

Origin

Early 19th century: blend of blend and plunge.

Rhymes

expunge, grunge, gunge, lunge, plunge, scunge, sponge
 
 

Definition of blunge in US English:

blunge

verbblənjbləndʒ
[with object]
  • Mix (clay or other materials) with water in a revolving apparatus, for use in ceramics.

    china clays and ball clays are blunged separately
    Example sentencesExamples
    • After the last piece of clay has been put into the blunger, the mix is blunged for two hours.
    • Crude clays are blunged, sieved and passed over rare earth magnets, then stored in constantly agitated farm tanks.
    • The clay slurry, during the blunging and conditioning operations may include from about 25 to 65% solids.
    • I break up the clay vessel and take the fragments and blunge them and put them back on the potter's wheel.
    • This body is blunged as a slip and dried up to plastic on cloth on the ground and aged for developing plasticity.
    Synonyms
    blend, mingle, combine, put together, stir, jumble, merge
    blend, mingle, combine, put together, stir, jumble, merge

Origin

Early 19th century: blend of blend and plunge.

 
 
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