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Schlacke — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cinder noun A small piece of partly burnt coal, wood, or other material left after combustion.
  • clinker noun A very hard brick, traditionally made in the Netherlands, used for paving.
  • dross noun Rubbish or unwanted, impure material.
  • slack adj Loose; not pulled tight.
  • slag noun Waste material left over after smelting ore.

Senses

Schlacke is used for these senses in English:

  • cinder Slag from a metal furnace.
  • clinker Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling. [from 18th c.]
  • dross Residue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from oxidation.
  • slack In particular, a shallow dell or hollow; a dip in the surface of terrain, such as between hills.
  • slack (countable) A low-lying marsh or a pool, especially a tidal or intermittent one which periodically fills and drains.
  • slag Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders.
  • slag Scoria associated with a volcano.

clinker — full definition

  1. noun A very hard brick, traditionally made in the Netherlands, used for paving.
  2. noun A lump formed when bricks melt together under great heat.
  3. noun The hard ash left behind after a furnace, kiln or boiler has burned at very high heat.
  4. noun A lumpy material made by heating limestone and clay together in a kiln, used as a step in making cement.
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