Synonyms for slag

Grammar : Noun

Spell : slag

Phonetic Transcription : slæg

Définition of slag

Origin : "refuse from smelting," 1550s, from Middle Low German slagge (German Schlacke) "splinter flying off when metal is struck," related to Old High German slahan "to strike, slay" (see slay (v.)).

noun debris

Example sentences :

The separation of the slag and iron is facilitated by throwing in some lime from time to time.
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

Of these, oyster or marine shells, burnt shale, and slag are most common.
Extract from : « American Rural Highways » by T. R. Agg

Because, at the foot of the tree, as if broken off the stone, fragments of slag were found.
Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort

This cement is made of limestone and clay, or marl, chalk, and slag.
Extract from : « Diggers in the Earth » by Eva March Tappan

Slag and sand were delivered to the mixer by means of wheelbarrows.
Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette

Slag, being a man of feeling, opined that it was absence of mind.
Extract from : « The Coxswain's Bride » by R.M. Ballantyne

Now the surface was a lethal desert of slag and rolling clouds.
Extract from : « The Defenders » by Philip K. Dick

In 1870, a youth sat upon the slag heap of a mine in California.
Extract from : « A Man's Value to Society » by Newell Dwight Hillis

Tommy motioned me to keep my eye on the V-shaped cutting in the slag below us.
Extract from : « War and the Weird » by Forbes Phillips

And do you see all those ashes, and slag, and cinders lying about?
Extract from : « The Water-Babies » by Charles Kingsley

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