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BNC: 15316 COCA: 11822

sludge

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
sludge /ˈslʌʤ/ noun
sludge
/ˈslʌʤ/
noun
Learner's definition of SLUDGE
[noncount]
: thick, soft, wet mud淤泥
: a soft, thick material that is produced in various industrial processes (such as in the treatment of sewage)工业污物;工业淤渣
: a thick material that can form in the oil in an engine and cause engine problems(发动机里的)油污

— sludgy

/ˈslʌʤi/ adjective sludgier; sludgiest
BNC: 15316 COCA: 11822

sludge

noun

1
: mud, mire
especially : a muddy deposit (as on a riverbed) : ooze
2
: a muddy or slushy mass, deposit, or sediment: such as
a
: precipitated solid matter produced by water and sewage treatment processes
b
: muddy sediment in a steam boiler
c
: a precipitate or settling (such as a mixture of impurities and acid) from a mineral oil
3
sludgy adjective

Example Sentences

after a day of heavy rain, the fairgrounds had turned into pure sludge I can't bring myself to read that sludge.
Recent Examples on the Web It’s like a sculptural salvage-job after trawling through a sludge of ocean detritus — festive streamers recovered from waste. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022 Instead of paying for nitrogen and other crop-stimulating nutrients, Dettmering began welcoming truckloads of sewage sludge — a byproduct of human and industrial waste from Chicago and the Cook County suburbs. Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2022 Only the Greater Los Angeles area distributed more sludge to farmers during the period. Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2022 Cut to a giant dragon belching devastating sludge onto a battlefield. Nick Romano, EW.com, 21 July 2022 The star shared the news alongside the track’s abstract cover art, which features Lovato sitting at the base of a circular opening, as black sludge spills out. Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 29 June 2022 In that plant, too, biosolids have overwhelmed the sewage treatment process, forcing workers to relocate sludge to a separate facility. Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2022 Fifteen years or so ago, when the fjord was toxic sludge, these floating saunas would have been madness. James Stewart, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2022 In 2005, residents of Tamaqua Borough, in eastern Pennsylvania, were fighting a plan to dump toxic sludge in an open pit in town. Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English slugge, perhaps alteration of slicche mud, slush; akin to Old High German slīh mire

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of sludge was in the 15th century
BNC: 15316 COCA: 11822

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