шлак — meaning in English

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.
• slag noun Waste material left over after smelting ore.

Senses

шлак 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 A waste product from working with metal.
• dross Residue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from oxidation.
• 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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