slag
English
/slæɡ/
noun
Definitions
- waste material from a coal mine
- scum that forms on the surface of molten metal
- impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders
- hard aggregate remaining as a residue from blast furnaces, sometimes used as a surfacing material
- scoria associated with a volcano
- (UK) a coward
- (UK) a contemptible person, a scumbag
- (UK) a prostitute
- (UK) a woman (sometimes a man) who has loose morals relating to sex; a slut
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German slagge.
Origin
Middle Low German
slagge
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- slagfest English
- slagger English
- slagginess English
- slaggy English
- slagless English
- slaglessness English
- slaglike English
- Schlacke German
- Schlackenlosigkeit German
- entschlacken German
- aardslak Dutch, Flemish
- huisjesslak Dutch, Flemish
- keverslak Dutch, Flemish
- kreeftslak Dutch, Flemish
- longslak Dutch, Flemish
- naaktslak Dutch, Flemish
- purperslak Dutch, Flemish
- slak Dutch, Flemish
- slakkengang Dutch, Flemish
- slakkenhuis Dutch, Flemish
- zeeslak Dutch, Flemish
- шлак Russian
- szlaka Polish
- slecke Middle Dutch
- slak Afrikaans
- שלאַק Yiddish
- slagge Middle Low German
- şlak Crimean Tatar