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
- noun A very hard brick, traditionally made in the Netherlands, used for paving.
- noun A lump formed when bricks melt together under great heat.
- noun The hard ash left behind after a furnace, kiln or boiler has burned at very high heat.
- 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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