ALL meanings of sludge
sludge
S s - noun sludge mud, mire, or ooze; slush. 1
- noun sludge a deposit of ooze at the bottom of a body of water. 1
- noun sludge any of various more or less mudlike deposits or mixtures. 1
- noun sludge the sediment in a steam boiler or water tank. 1
- noun sludge broken ice, as on the sea. 1
- noun sludge a mixture of some finely powdered substance and water. 1
- noun sludge sediment deposited during the treatment of sewage. 1
- noun sludge Also called activated sludge. Bacteriology. sewage sediment that contains a heavy growth of microorganisms, resulting from vigorous aeration. 1
- noun sludge a fine, mudlike powder produced by a mining drill. 1
- noun sludge thick substance 1
- abbreviation SLUDGE sewage 1
- variable noun sludge Sludge is thick mud, sewage, or industrial waste. 0
- noun sludge soft mud, snow, etc 0
- noun sludge any deposit or sediment 0
- noun sludge a surface layer of ice that has a slushy appearance 0
- noun sludge (in sewage disposal) the solid constituents of sewage that precipitate during treatment and are removed for subsequent purification 0
- noun sludge mud, mire, or ooze covering the ground or forming a deposit at the bottom of bodies of water 0
- noun sludge spongy lumps of drift ice 0
- noun sludge any heavy, slimy deposit, sediment, or mass, as the waste resulting from oil refining, the mud brought up by a mining drill, the precipitate in a sewage tank, the sediment in a steam boiler or crankcase, etc. 0