slag

• Nom désignant les déchets pierreux ou vitreux qui se séparent des métaux lors de la fusion ou de l'affinage du minerai, formant souvent une écume à la surface du métal en fusion, ou plus largement tout résidu solide de combustion ou de traitement.

A noun referring to the stony waste matter separated from metals during the smelting or refining of ore, often forming a scum on the surface of molten metal.

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1. Metallurgical byproductC1formaltechnical

   The glass-like byproduct left after smelting ore to separate the metal, consisting mostly of impurities and flux.

   Laitier (sous-produit métallurgique)

   • The furnace produced a large amount of slag during the steel-making process.
   • Workers removed the slag from the surface of the molten iron.
   • Slag is often recycled and used in road construction or cement production.

   Synonymescinderdrossscoria

• Verbe utilisé dans l'argot britannique signifiant critiquer sévèrement ou insulter quelqu'un, ainsi que retirer les scories lors de la fusion des métaux.

A verb used in British slang meaning to criticize or insult someone harshly, or to discard waste material from metal smelting.

1. Convert into slagC1formaltechnical

   To transform or cause to be transformed into slag, a waste product from smelting ore.

   Transformer en scories

   • The furnace is designed to slag the impurities from the iron ore.
   • During the process, the metal is heated until the impurities slag off.
   • The workers learned how to slag the waste material efficiently.