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sludge

UK/slʌd͡ʒ/ US/ˈslʌdʒ/ uncommon informal

noun

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Origin

From Middle English slugge, sluche (“mud, mire”), probably an alteration of Middle English sliche, slicche ("mud, slush, tar"; whence Modern English slitch), from Old English *sliċ, from Proto-West Germanic *sliki, *slīk, from Proto-Germanic *slikiz, *slīką (“mud, slush”). Cognate with Dutch slijk, German Schlick. Compare also slush.

Phrases

  • activated sludge
  • biliary sludge
  • oil sludge
  • primordial sludge
  • sludge acid
  • sludge hole
  • sludge metal
  • sludge out

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