'Sludge' definitions:
Definition of 'sludge'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Sludge'
From: GCIDE
- Sludge \Sludge\, n. [CF. Slush.]
- 1. Mud; mire; soft mud; slush. --Mortimer. Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow. --Kane. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mining) See Slime, 4. [1913 Webster]
- 4. 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Sludge hole, the hand-hole, or manhole, in a steam boiler, by means of which sediment can be removed. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sludge'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- berg,
- calf,
- clay,
- cryosphere,
- dregs,
- Dry Ice,
- firn,
- floe,
- frazil,
- frozen water,
- glaciation,
- glacier,
- glacieret,
- glaze,
- glazed frost,
- glop,
- goo,
- granular snow,
- ground ice,
- growler,
- gumbo,
- gunk,
- ice,
- ice banner,
- ice barrier,
- ice belt,
- ice cave,
- ice cubes,
- ice dike,
- ice field,
- ice floe,
- ice foot,
- ice front,
- ice island,
- ice needle,
- ice pack,
- ice pinnacle,
- ice raft,
- ice sheet,
- iceberg,
- icefall,
- icequake,
- icicle,
- jokul,
- lolly,
- mire,
- muck,
- mud,
- neve,
- nieve penitente,
- ooze,
- pack ice,
- precipitate,
- residue,
- scum,
- serac,
- shelf ice,
- silt,
- slab,
- sleet,
- slime,
- slip,
- slob,
- slop,
- slosh,
- slush,
- snow ice,
- snowberg,
- splosh,
- squash,
- swill