English Explanatory Dictionary

sprue

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis.
noun
  1. A channel through which molten metal is poured into the mold during the casting process.
  2. Material that cools in the feed channels to a mold.
verb
  1. To remove the sprues (material left in feed channels) from a cast piece.

Pronunciation

/spɹuː/ en-us-sprue.ogg

Word forms

sprue sprues sprueing spruing sprued

Etymology

From Dutch spruw, sprouw. First described by William Hillary.

Synonyms

tropical sprue downsprue

Related words

flash

Derived words

celiac sprue non-tropical sprue sprue asparagus

Translations

Russian: ли́тник Swedish: nedgjut Swedish: nedlopp
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