Slaggy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈslæɡi/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Slaggy is an adjective meaning (of a material) Resembling or containing slag.
Meaning
(of a material) Resembling or containing slag.
More Meanings
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, derogatory) Resembling or characteristic of a slag; slutty, promiscuous.
Example Sentences
From here to the summit the slope steepens to an angle of 20° to 30°, and the rock becomes harder and more slaggy.
2005, Maria Beaumont, MissFit, Arrow Books, UK, page 175, This evening I′ve been the cheapest, slaggiest slag ever.
Since all have been exposed by the stripping of less resistant basalt, it is worth noting that much of the Black Cuillin is still basalt because the plutonic rocks were intruded by sheets and dykes of lava, which given such cover had become tougher than the slaggier plateau basalt.
1949, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (N.Z.), New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology: General Research Section, Volume 31, unidentified page, In the more slaggy parts of the sheet pale yellowish natural porcelain is found both fused to blocks of basalt and as large lumps in the filling.
Word Forms
- slaggier
- slaggiest
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include slaglike, sludgelike, sluggy, slubby, raglike, slabby.
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