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| slag [ slag ] |
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1. waste material from smelting: fused glassy material that is produced when a metal is separated from its ore during smelting
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2. coal waste: the mixture of coal dust and mineral waste produced after coal has been mined
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3. geology
Same as scoria (sense 1)
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle slagged, present participle slag·ging, 3rd person present singular slags) |
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turn something into slag: to convert something into slag, or become slag
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| [Mid-16th century. < Middle Low German slagge< Germanic, "strike"] |
