Slag

What do we mean by slag?

The vitreous mass left as a residue by the smelting of metallic ore. noun

To change into or form slag. transitive & intransitive verb

To form a slag, or to cohere when heated so as to become a slag-like mass.

The earthy matter separated, in a more or less completely fused and vitrified condition, during the reduction of a metal from its ore. noun

The scoria of a volcano. noun

A hollow or depression of land. noun

In the puddling process for making wrought-iron, the slag which forms when, as a preliminary step not always taken, air is blown down upon the surface of a charge of melted cask iron in a specially constructed hearth. Silicon is the principal substance removed from the iron, and the slag consists mainly of ferrous silicate. noun

In metal: To convert into slag: as, an excess of limestone used as a flux may to a greater or less extent slag the lining of a furnace.

To cake together as the result of chemical action at a heat lower than that of fusion.

The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders. noun

The scoria of a volcano. noun

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. noun

A furnace, or hearth, for extracting lead from slags or poor ore. noun

Mineral wool. See under Mineral. noun

To form, or form into, a slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point. verb

Waste material from a coal mine. noun

Scum that forms on the surface of molten metal. noun

Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders (Wikipedia). noun

Waste material from a coal mine

Scum that forms on the surface of molten metal

Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders

Hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material

Scoria associated with a volcano

A coward

(chiefly Cockney) a contemptible person, a scumbag

A prostitute

A woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex; a slut

Words that are spelled similarly to slag:
slag.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word slag:
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Words that rhyme with slag:
bag, flag, tag, drag, lag, rag, snag, gag, nag, stag, brag, wag, sag, shag, fag, hag, mag, ag, airbag, sandbag, ragtag, scrag, handbag, dag, sprag, jet lag, blague, zag, air bag, bragg, greylag, schlag, name tag, tote bag, saddlebag, sontag, mailbag, price tag, bundestag, stagg, blagg, shrag, bague, southern blue flag, paper bag, tea bag, zig-zag, book bag, duffel bag, confederate flag, doggie bag, punching bag, blue flag, dog tag, montag, white flag, black flag, gladstone bag, royal stag, doggy bag, ice bag, time lag, wagg, schrag, ditty bag, kit bag, overnight bag, sleeping bag, body bag, yellow flag, clutch bag, hagg, nautical signal flag, shopping bag, spragg, tagg, scum bag, flagg, cragg, golf bag, grocery bag, carrier bag, tool bag, rosin bag, sweet flag, old bag, main drag, hbsag, sight gag, braxton bragg, burlap bag, fagg, national flag, shoulder bag, bagge, myrtle flag, coefficient of drag, sweat bag, code flag, knight of the square flag.

Adjectives that are often used to describe slag:
basic, granulated, liquid, fusible, blastfurnace, black, hot, rich, glassy, cooled, much, blast, final, foamed, grey, oxidizing, siliceous, fluid, gray, top, silicate, clean, vitreous, volcanic, hearth, fused, solid, crushed, heavy, suitable, porous, powdered, acid, viscous, iron, lighter, excess, lead, red, less, fine, synthetic, metal, typical, residual, metallurgical, hard, dark, light, thick, silicious, oxidising, foul, phosphatic, thin, dry, dense, vitrified, coarse, entrapped, brown, green, reverberatory, protective, ferruginous, bearing, yellow, alkaline, soluble, resultant, worthless, neutral, grade, crystalline, ash, containing, trapped.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective slag:
heaps, heap, tap, cement, wool, hole, process, pot, welding, hearth, pots, brick, tapping, cements, interface, pit, spout, gas, metal, practice, smelting, limestone, phosphate, ravine, bearing, off, method, formation, bath, sand, dump, boundary, pile, blocks, refining, car, concrete, charge, bricks, furnace, pool, mixture, piles, portland, reduction, pools, tips, operation, tip, matte, layer, reaction, lip, stone, vent, phase, cake, disposal, separation, heat, handling, stream, mixtures, discharge, charges, balls, melting, settling, seed, removal, launder, hill, door, roasting, welds, blends, eye, drying, equilibrium, equilibria, dumps, cones, pastes, hearths, losses, pockets, interphase, holder, aggregate.

Consonant match to slag:
slug, slog.

Words that sound like slag:
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