SCORIA - 8 definitions found
scoria n 1: the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals [syn: slag, scoria, dross] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) scoria noun (plural scoriae) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek skōria, from skōr excrement — more at scatology Date: 14th century 1. the refuse from melting of metals or reduction of ores ; slag 2. rough vesicular cindery lava • scoriaceous adjective Oxford English Reference Dictionary
English Explanatory Dictionary scoria ˈskɔ:rɪə n. (pl. scoriae) 1 cellular lava, or fragments of it. 2 the slag or dross of metals. øøscoriaceous adj. [L f. Gk skoria refuse f. skor dung] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Scoria \Sco"ri*a\, n.; pl. Scori[ae]. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? dung, ordure.] 1. The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the reduction of metallic ores; dross. 2. Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms scoria n. Dross, slag, recrement. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 83 Moby Thesaurus words for "scoria": aa, abyssal rock, alluvion, alluvium, ash, ashes, basalt, bedrock, block lava, brand, brash, breccia, calx, carbon, charcoal, cinder, clinker, coal, coke, conglomerate, coom, crag, deposition, deposits, diluvium, draff, dregs, dross, druid stone, ember, feces, festooned pahoehoe, froth, fume, gneiss, granite, grounds, igneous rock, lava, lees, limestone, living rock, loess, magma, mantlerock, metamorphic rock, monolith, moraine, offscum, pahoehoe, pillow lava, porphyry, precipitate, precipitation, pudding stone, reek, regolith, rock, ropy lava, rubble, rubblestone, sandstone, sarsen, schist, scree, scum, sediment, sedimentary rock, settlings, shelly pahoehoe, silt, sinter, slag, smoke, smudge, smut, soot, stone, sublimate, sullage, talus, tufa, tuff |
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