sludge
1Sludge — is the residual semi solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.When fresh sewage or wastewater is added to a settling tank, approximately 50% of the suspended solid matter will settle out in about an… …
2Sludge — Sludge, n. [CF. {Slush}.] 1. Mud; mire; soft mud; slush. Mortimer. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow. Kane. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mining) See {Slime}, 4. [1913 Webster] 4. Anything resembling mud… …
3Sludge — (engl. Matsch) steht für eine Musikrichtung, siehe Sludge (Musik) eine im Deutschen Gallengries genannte Krankheit der Galle. ein in der Hämatologie bekanntes Phänomen, siehe Sludge Phänomen. nicht brennbare Bestandteile von Schweröl …
4Sludge — [ßlạds̶c̶h̶; aus gleichbed. engl. sludge, eigtl. = Schlamm] m; [s], s: körnige Entmischung des Blutes als Folge einer Paraproteinämie (bes. am Augenhintergrund zu beobachten) …
5sludge — [sluj] n. [var. of slutch, sludge, mud: akin to ME sluchched, muddy, prob. ult. < IE base * (s)leu , to hang limply > SLEET, MHG slote, mud, ooze] 1. mud, mire, or ooze covering the ground or forming a deposit at the bottom of bodies of… …
6sludge — [slʌdʒ] n [U] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably from slush] 1.) soft thick mud, especially at the bottom of a liquid 2.) the solid substance that is left when industrial waste or ↑sewage (=the liquid waste from toilets) has been cleaned 3.)… …
7sludge — [ slʌdʒ ] noun uncount thick soft MUD a. a thick soft substance that remains when liquid has been removed from something in an industrial process ╾ sludg|y adjective …
8sludge — 1640s, possibly from M.E. slutch mud, mire, or a variant of SLUSH (Cf. slush) …
9sludge — [n] mud glop*, goo*, goop*, grease, gunk*, mire, muck, oil, ooze, scum, sediment, silt, slime, slop; concept 260 …
10sludge — ► NOUN 1) thick, soft, wet mud or a similar viscous mixture. 2) dirty oil or industrial waste. 3) a muddy shade of brown or green. DERIVATIVES sludgy adjective. ORIGIN origin uncertain …
