slagg — meaning in English

English meaning

• cinder noun A small piece of partly burnt coal, wood, or other material left after combustion.
• dross noun Rubbish or unwanted, impure material.
• slag noun Waste material left over after smelting ore.

Senses

slagg is used for these senses in English:

• cinder Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.; it often rides the rising smoke column into the air, and it can pose a fire hazard when it lands, in dry conditions.
• slag Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders.

dross — full definition

1. noun Rubbish or unwanted, impure material.
2. noun A scum that forms on top of melted metal when it oxidizes.
3. noun Impurities found within metal.
4. noun Waste material left over from metalworking.

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