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We found 46 dictionaries that define the word sludge:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. sludge: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sludge: Merriam-Webster
  3. sludge: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sludge: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sludge: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sludge: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sludge, sludge: Wordnik
  8. sludge: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. SLUDGE, sludge: Wiktionary
  10. sludge: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sludge: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. sludge: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. sludge: Dictionary.com
  14. sludge: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. sludge: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Sludge (comics), Sludge (disambiguation), Sludge (film), Sludge: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Sludge: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. sludge: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. sludge: Rhymezone
  20. Sludge: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. sludge: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Sludge: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  23. sludge: FreeDictionary.org
  24. sludge: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. sludge: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Sludge: Energy Dictionary
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sludge: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. sludge: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. sludge: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SLUDGE: Acronym Finder

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sludge: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. The Sludge, sludge: Urban Dictionary

Tech (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  3. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Oil Analysis (No longer online)
  5. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  6. SLUDGE: Power Engineering
  7. Glossary of Water Resource Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See sludgeing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
noun:  A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
noun:  A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.
noun:  A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a water body.
verb:  (intransitive, informal) To slump or slouch.
verb:  (intransitive) To slop or drip slowly.
noun:  (emergency medicine, mnemonic) An acronym used to help remember the common symptoms of certain affections of a cholinergic toxidrome: "salivation, lacrimation, urination, defecation, gastrointestinal upset, emesis".
noun:  (uncountable, music) Ellipsis of sludge metal. [An abrasive, distorted subgenre of heavy metal music influenced by hardcore punk and doom metal.]

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