'Slag' definitions:
Definition of 'slag'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Slag'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Slag'
From: GCIDE
- Slag \Slag\ (sl[a^]g), n. [Sw. slagg, or LG. slacke, whence G. schlacke; originally, perhaps, the splinters struck off from the metal by hammering. See Slay, v. t.]
- 1. The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The scoria of a volcano. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Metal.) A product of smelting, containing, mostly as silicates, the substances not sought to be produced as matte or metal, and having a lower specific gravity than the latter; -- called also, esp. in iron smelting, cinder. The slag of iron blast furnaces is essentially silicate of calcium, magnesium, and aluminium; that of lead and copper smelting furnaces contains iron. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Slag furnace, or Slag hearth (Metal.), a furnace, or hearth, for extracting lead from slags or poor ore.
- Slag wool, mineral wool. See under Mineral. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'slag'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alluvion,
- alluvium,
- ash,
- ashes,
- bones,
- brand,
- calx,
- carbon,
- chaff,
- charcoal,
- cinder,
- clinker,
- coal,
- coke,
- coom,
- culm,
- deadwood,
- deposition,
- deposits,
- diluvium,
- dishwater,
- draff,
- dregs,
- dross,
- dust,
- ember,
- feces,
- filings,
- froth,
- fume,
- garbage,
- gash,
- grounds,
- hogwash,
- husks,
- lava,
- leavings,
- lees,
- loess,
- moraine,
- offal,
- offscourings,
- offscum,
- orts,
- parings,
- potsherds,
- precipitate,
- precipitation,
- rags,
- raspings,
- reek,
- refuse,
- scoria,
- scourings,
- scrap iron,
- scraps,
- scum,
- sediment,
- settlings,
- shards,
- shavings,
- silt,
- sinter,
- slack,
- slop,
- slops,
- smoke,
- smudge,
- smut,
- soot,
- stubble,
- sublimate,
- sullage,
- sweepings,
- swill,
- tares,
- wastage,
- waste,
- waste matter,
- wastepaper,
- weeds