# slurry

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈslʌ.ɹi/ · frequency rank #30,973

## Definitions
1. Any flowable suspension of small particles in liquid.
2. Liquid waste from some types of mining, such as mountain top removal mining, usually very toxic and stored nearby in large dams.
3. A mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water, stored in a slurry pit and used as fertilizer; also used in combination, as pig slurry, etc.
4. A thickener.

## Etymology
Unclear; probably related to Middle English sloor (“thin or fluid mud”); compare slur. From mid-15th c.

## Easily confused with
- **sorry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slurry-vs-sorry)
- **slurs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slurry-vs-slurs)
- **surly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slurry-vs-surly)
- **surry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slurry-vs-surry)
- **Surrey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slurry-vs-surrey)
- **sturdy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slurry-vs-sturdy)
- **starry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slurry-vs-starry)
- **slutty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slurry-vs-slutty)
- **slur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slur-vs-slurry)
- **slurp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slurp-vs-slurry)
- **sherry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sherry-vs-slurry)
- **scurvy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scurvy-vs-slurry)
- **scurry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scurry-vs-slurry)

## Common misspellings (8)
`lsurry`, `sllurry`, `slrury`, `slurryy`, `slury`, `sluryr`, `sslurry`, `sulrry`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/slurry