'Scoria' definitions:
Definition of 'scoria'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Scoria'
From: GCIDE
- Scoria \Sco"ri*a\, n.; pl. Scoriae. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? dung, ordure.]
- 1. The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the reduction of metallic ores; dross. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scoria'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aa,
- abyssal rock,
- alluvion,
- alluvium,
- ash,
- ashes,
- basalt,
- bedrock,
- block lava,
- brand,
- brash,
- breccia,
- calx,
- carbon,
- charcoal,
- cinder,
- clinker,
- coal,
- coke,
- conglomerate,
- coom,
- crag,
- deposition,
- deposits,
- diluvium,
- draff,
- dregs,
- dross,
- druid stone,
- ember,
- feces,
- festooned pahoehoe,
- froth,
- fume,
- gneiss,
- granite,
- grounds,
- igneous rock,
- lava,
- lees,
- limestone,
- living rock,
- loess,
- magma,
- mantlerock,
- metamorphic rock,
- monolith,
- moraine,
- offscum,
- pahoehoe,
- pillow lava,
- porphyry,
- precipitate,
- precipitation,
- pudding stone,
- reek,
- regolith,
- rock,
- ropy lava,
- rubble,
- rubblestone,
- sandstone,
- sarsen,
- schist,
- scree,
- scum,
- sediment,
- sedimentary rock,
- settlings,
- shelly pahoehoe,
- silt,
- sinter,
- slag,
- smoke,
- smudge,
- smut,
- soot,
- stone,
- sublimate,
- sullage,
- talus,
- tufa,
- tuff