Slurry
noun, plural slurries.
1.
a thin mixture of an insoluble substance, as cement, clay, or coal, with a liquid, as water or oil.
2.
Ceramics. a thin slip.
verb (used with object), slurried, slurrying.
3.
to prepare a suspension of (a solid in a liquid).
adjective
4.
of or relating to such a suspension.
noun (pl) -ries
1.
a suspension of solid particles in a liquid, as in a mixture of cement, clay, coal dust, manure, meat, etc with water
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