slagg — meaning in English

English meaning

• cinder noun A small piece of partly burnt coal, wood, or other material left after combustion.
• dross noun Waste or impure matter.
• 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 Waste or impure matter.
2. noun Residue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from oxidation.
3. noun The impurities in metal.
4. noun A waste product from working with metal.

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