scoria

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The slag or dross that remains after the smelting of metal from an ore.
Rough masses of rock formed by solidified lava, and which can be found around a volcano's crater.

/ˈskɔː.ɹi.ə/ /ˈskoɹ.i.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-scoria.wav

scoria scoriae scorias

Inherited from Middle English, from Latin scōria, from Ancient Greek σκωρία (skōría), from σκῶρ (skôr, “dung”).

cinder cinders

scoria brick scoriac scoriaceous scoriated scoriation scorification scorified scorifier scoriform scorify

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