slag
Waste material from a mine.
Other meanings
Scum that forms on the surface of molten metal.
Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders.
Synonyms
- dross
Kinds of slag
- basic slag
Related words
- electroslag
- manslag
- slagfest
- slaggable
- slagger
- slagbag
- slaggy
- slag heap
- slagless
- slaglike
- slag tag
Word history
From Middle Low German "slagge".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “slag” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.