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- Dictionarysludge/sləj/
noun
- 1. thick, soft, wet mud or a similar viscous mixture of liquid and solid components, especially the product of an industrial or refining process.
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Sludge is a semi-solid slurry that can be produced from a range of industrial processes, from water treatment, wastewater treatment or on-site sanitation systems.
The meaning of SLUDGE is mud, mire; especially : a muddy deposit (as on a riverbed) : ooze. How to use sludge in a sentence.
soft, wet soil or a substance that looks like this: We seemed to spend the last mile of the walk knee-deep in sludge. Synonyms. goo informal. mud. slime. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Soil. alluvial. boulder clay. clayey. cover crop. earthiness. frozen. lime. loam. ooze. peat moss. sandy. sedimentation. silt. soil. solarization.
noun. soft mud, snow, etc. any deposit or sediment. a surface layer of ice that has a slushy appearance. (in sewage disposal) the solid constituents of sewage that precipitate during treatment and are removed for subsequent purification.
n. 1. soft mud, snow, etc. 2. (Mechanical Engineering) any deposit or sediment. 3. (Physical Geography) a surface layer of ice that has a slushy appearance. 4. (Civil Engineering) (in sewage disposal) the solid constituents of sewage that precipitate during treatment and are removed for subsequent purification. [C17: probably related to slush]
noun. any thick, viscous matter. synonyms: goo, gook, goop, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, slime. see more. types: sapropel. sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans. type of: matter. that which has mass and occupies space. noun. the precipitate produced by sewage treatment. see more. type of: precipitate.
soft, wet soil or a substance that looks like this: We seemed to spend the last mile of the walk knee-deep in sludge. Synonyms. goo informal. mud. slime. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Soil. alluvial. boulder clay. clayey. cover crop. earthiness. frozen. lime. loam. ooze. peat moss. sandy. sedimentation. silt. soil. solarization.
noun. 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.
Definition of sludge noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Jan 31, 2024 · Albert Heindl. 133 Accesses. Abstract. Different kinds of sludge are described in detail, ranging from unstabilized biological sludge via aerated sludge to digested sludge. Parameters for evaluation of quality of stabilization are presented with a special focus on digested sludge.
