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Sludge
see synonyms of sludgeNoun
1. sludge
the precipitate produced by sewage treatment
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Sludge
see synonyms of sludgenoun
1.
soft mud, snow, etc
2.
any deposit or sediment
3.
a surface layer of ice that has a slushy appearance
4.
(in sewage disposal) the solid constituents of sewage that precipitate during treatment and are removed for subsequent purification
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Sludge
see synonyms of sludge noun
1.
mud, mire, or ooze covering the ground or forming a deposit at the bottom of bodies of water
2.
spongy lumps of drift ice
3.
any heavy, slimy deposit, sediment, or mass, as the waste resulting from oil refining, the mud brought up by a mining drill, the precipitate in a sewage tank, the sediment in a steam boiler or crankcase, etc.
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Sludge
see synonyms of sludgen.
1. Semisolid material such as the type precipitated by sewage treatment.
2. Mud, mire, or ooze covering the ground or forming a deposit, as on a riverbed.
3. Finely broken or half-formed ice on a body of water, especially the sea.
4. A semisolid mass composed of an aggregation of cells (such as red blood cells in blood vessels) or particulate matter (such as cholesterol crystals and calcium salts in bile).
intr.v. sludged, sludg·ing, sludg·es
To form sludge.
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