slurry

UK: /ˈslʌrɪ/ US: (slûr′ē)

Inflections of 'slurry' (n): npl: slurries

Inflections of 'slurry' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

slurries

v 3rd person singular

slurrying

v pres p

slurried

v past

slurried

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

slur•ry  (slûr′ē), n., pl. -ries, v., -ried, -ry•ing, adj. 
n. 

1. Transport, Chemistry a thin mixture of an insoluble substance, as cement, clay, or coal, with a liquid, as water or oil.
2. [Ceram.] a thin slip.

v.t. 

3. Chemistry to prepare a suspension of (a solid in a liquid).

adj. 

4. Chemistry of or pertaining to such a suspension.

• 1400–50; late Middle English slory; perh. akin to slur

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slurry / ˈslʌrɪ/ noun ( -ries)

1. a suspension of solid particles in a liquid, as in a mixture of cement, clay, coal dust, manure, meat, etc with water

Etymology: 15th Century slory; see slur