Abraum — meaning in English

English meaning

• slag noun Waste material left over after smelting ore.
• spoil verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.

Senses

Abraum is used for these senses in English:

• slag Waste material from a mine.
• spoil (uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings. Such material could be utilised somewhere else.

slag — full definition

1. noun Waste material left over after smelting ore.
2. verb (British, informal) To criticise or mock someone harshly.

spoil — full definition

1. verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.
2. verb To indulge someone, especially a child, so much that it damages their character.
3. verb (of food) To go bad.
4. noun Plunder or loot taken by force, often in the phrase "the spoils of war."

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