About The Word Sludge
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Sludge
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What's The Definition Of Sludge?
[n] the precipitate produced by sewage treatment
[n] any thick messy substance Synonyms | Synonyms for Sludge: goo | gook | guck | gunk | muck | ooze | slime Related Terms | Find terms related to Sludge: See Also | matter | precipitate | sapropel | substance Sludge In Webster's Dictionary \Sludge\, n.
Anything resembling mud or slush; as:
(a) A muddy or slimy deposit from sweage.
(b) Mud from a drill hole in boring.
(c) Muddy sediment in a steam boiler.
(d) Settling of cottonseed oil, used in making soap, etc.
(e) A residuum of crude paraffin-oil distillation.
\Sludge\, n. [CF. {Slush}.] 1. Mud; mire; soft mud; slush. --Mortimer. Tennyson. 2. Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow. --Kane. 3. (Mining) See {Slime}, 4. {Sludge hole}, the hand-hole, or manhole, in a steam boiler, by means of which sediment can be removed. |
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