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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024slag1 /slæg/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Metallurgywaste matter, fused solid and left after separating metal from its ore.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024slag1 (slag),USA pronunciation n., v., slagged, slag•ging. n. - MetallurgyAlso called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- Geologythe scoria from a volcano.
- Miningwaste left over after the re-sorting of coal.
v.t. - Metallurgyto convert into slag.
- Metallurgyto remove slag from (a steel bath).
v.i. - Metallurgyto form slag;
become a slaglike mass.
- Middle Low German slagge; cognate with German Schlacke dross, slag; see slack2
- 1545–55
- [Brit. Slang.]an abusive woman.
- 1780–90; origin, originally an argot word for a worthless person or a thug; perh. identical with slag1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: slag /slæɡ/ n - Also called: cinder the fused material formed during the smelting or refining of metals by combining the flux with gangue, impurities in the metal, etc. It usually consists of a mixture of silicates with calcium, phosphorus, sulphur, etc
- a mass of rough fragments of pyroclastic rock and cinders derived from a volcanic eruption; scoria
- a mixture of shale, clay, coal dust, and other mineral waste produced during coal mining
- Brit slang a coarse or dissipated girl or woman
vb (slags, slagging, slagged)- (transitive) Brit slang (usually followed by off) to abuse (someone) verbally
Etymology: 16th Century: from Middle Low German slagge, perhaps from slagen to slayˈslagging n ˈslaggy adj |