adj · noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/ˈslɝi/
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈslɜːɹi/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -ɜːɹi
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈslʌ.ɹi/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
US:/ˈslʌ.ɹi/without the hurry–furry merger
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
/ˈslɝ.i/US, hurry–furry merger
Northern-England:/ˈslʊ.ɹi/
rhymes with -ʌɹi
CMU ARPABET:S L ER1 IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Slurred, tending to slur.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
He spoke with a slurry voice.
His voice became progressively slurrier as he drank the three bottles of wine.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
1981, National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Animal Nutrition, Feeding Value of Ethanol Production By-products, page 26, While little information is available, it probably is similar to spent brewers yeast slurry.
2011, Wan Renpu, Petroleum Industry Press staff (translators), Advanced Well Completion Engineering, page 259, The other properties of cement slurry and set cement are also related closely to cement slurry density.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, mining
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water, stored in a slurry pit and used as fertilizer; also used in combination, as pig slurry, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A thickener.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To make a slurry (of some material).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
To apply a slurry (to).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Next week we will be slurrying the parking lot.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
a suspension of insoluble particles (as plaster of Paris or lime or clay etc.) usually in water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: suspension
History
Etymology
From slur (“run together; articulate poorly”) + -y.
Unclear; probably related to Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”); compare slur. From mid-15th c.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
泥漿 /泥浆
(níjiāng)
— any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid
Finnish:
liete
— any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid
French:
boue
— any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid
German:
Schlämme
— any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid
German:
Schlicker
— any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid
German:
Brei
— any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid
Italian:
liquame
— any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid
Japanese:
泥漿
(deishō)
— any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid
Japanese:
スラリー
(surarī)
— any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid
Polish:
zawiesina
— any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid
Russian:
жи́жа
(žíža)
— any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid
Spanish:
licuame
— any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid
Spanish:
licuamen
— any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid
Czech:
močůvka
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
Danish:
gylle
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
Danish:
ajle
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
Estonian:
virts
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
Finnish:
lietelanta
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
Finnish:
liete
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
French:
purin
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
French:
lisier
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
German:
Jauche
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
German:
Gülle
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
Irish:
sciodar
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
Italian:
purino
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
Italian:
colaticcio
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
Latgalian:
seivs
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
Latgalian:
suoglys
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
Latvian:
virca
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
Latvian:
sīvs
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
Polish:
gnojowica
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
Portuguese:
chorume
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
Portuguese:
esterco líquido
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
Russian:
жи́дкий наво́з
(žídkij navóz)
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
Lower Sorbian:
jucha
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
Spanish:
purín
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
Swedish:
flytgödsel
— agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer
