Found 3 items, similar to slag.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: slag ampas biji, arang
English → English (WordNet) Definition: slag slag n : the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals [syn: scoria, dross] [also: slagging, slagged]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Slag Slag \Slag\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Slagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Slagging.] (Metal.) To form, or form into, a slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Slag \Slag\ (sl[a^]g), n. [Sw. slagg, or LG. slacke, whence G. schlacke; originally, perhaps, the splinters struck off from the metal by hammering. See Slay, v. t.] 1. The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders. [1913 Webster] 2. The scoria of a volcano. [1913 Webster] 3. (Metal.) A product of smelting, containing, mostly as silicates, the substances not sought to be produced as matte or metal, and having a lower specific gravity than the latter; -- called also, esp. in iron smelting, cinder. The slag of iron blast furnaces is essentially silicate of calcium, magnesium, and aluminium; that of lead and copper smelting furnaces contains iron. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Slag furnace, or Slag hearth (Metal.), a furnace, or hearth, for extracting lead from slags or poor ore. Slag wool, mineral wool. See under Mineral. [1913 Webster]