Usually means: Byproduct of metal smelting process.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. slag: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. slag: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. slag: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. slag: Collins English Dictionary
  5. slag: Vocabulary.com
  6. Slag, slag: Wordnik
  7. slag: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. slag: Wiktionary
  9. slag: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. slag: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. slag: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. slag: Dictionary.com
  13. slag: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. slag: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Slag (disambiguation), Slag (play), Slag (slang), Slag (video game), Slag (welding), Slag: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Slag: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. slag: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. slag: Rhymezone
  19. Slag, slag (de): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. slag: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. SLAG: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. slag: Free Dictionary
  23. slag: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. slag: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
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Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. slag: Netlingo
  2. slag: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. slag: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Arms and Armour (No longer online)
  2. SLAG: Acronym Finder
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Science (2 matching dictionaries)
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Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. slag, slag, slag, slag, slag: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. slag: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Slag: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  4. S.L.A.G, Slag [insult] [diss] [rag]: Urban Dictionary

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Metal Terminology (No longer online)
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Roofing Terms (No longer online)
  4. Illustrated Glass Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Slag: Construction Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Waste material from a mine.
noun:  Scum that forms on the surface of molten metal.
noun:  Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders.
noun:  Hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material.
noun:  Scoria associated with a volcano.
noun:  (UK, Ireland, Australia, slang, derogatory) A prostitute or promiscuous woman; a slut.
noun:  (UK, Ireland, derogatory, dated) A coward.
noun:  (UK, Ireland, chiefly Cockney, derogatory) A contemptible person, a scumbag.
verb:  (transitive) To produce slag.
verb:  (intransitive) To become slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point.
verb:  (transitive) To reduce to slag.
verb:  (transitive, UK, slang) To talk badly about; to malign or denigrate (someone).
verb:  (transitive, Ireland, slang) To make fun of; to take the piss (tease, ridicule or mock).
verb:  (intransitive, Australia, slang) To spit.

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