Meaning & use
slurry
A thick, semi-liquid mixture of water with a fine solid material such as cement or manure.
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Workers pumped the concrete slurry into the mold before it hardened.
The farm stores animal slurry in a large tank until it can be spread on fields.
A note on using this word
Slurry is a technical term common in construction, agriculture, and mining for a pourable mix of liquid and solid particles.
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