Sludge

Noun

 * 1) A generic term for solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
 * 2) A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
 * 3) A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.
 * 4) A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a body of water.

Synonyms

 * mud, mire, ooze, slush

Derived terms

 * activated sludge
 * oil sludge
 * sludge metal
 * sludgecore

Thesaurus
Dry Ice, berg, calf, clay, cryosphere, dregs, firn, floe, frazil, frozen water, glaciation, glacier, glacieret, glaze, glazed frost, glop, goo, granular snow, ground ice, growler, gumbo, gunk, ice, ice banner, ice barrier, ice belt, ice cave, ice cubes, ice dike, ice field, ice floe, ice foot, ice front, ice island, ice needle, ice pack, ice pinnacle, ice raft, ice sheet, iceberg, icefall, icequake, icicle, jokul, lolly, mire, muck, mud, neve, nieve penitente, ooze, pack ice, precipitate, residue, scum, serac, shelf ice, silt, slab, sleet, slime, slip, slob, slop, slosh, slush, snow ice, snowberg, splosh, squash, swill

Translations

 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: lie
 * German: Schlamm, Matsch


 * Russian: шлам, ил
 * Spanish:


 * Arabic: حمأ, حمأة
 * Finnish:
 * German: Abwasserschlamm


 * Russian: осадок
 * Turkish: atık, çamur, tortu


 * Arabic: رسابة
 * Finnish: kattilakivi


 * Russian: шлам


 * Finnish: ,