slag-heap
1slag heap — noun A small hill of coalmining waste • • • Main Entry: ↑slag * * * slag heap UK US noun [countable] [singular slag heap plural slag heaps …
2slag heap — slag heaps also slagheap N COUNT A slag heap is a hill made from waste material, such as rock and mud, left over from mining. [mainly BRIT] …
3slag heap — n especially BrE a pile of waste materials at a mine or factory …
4slag heap — slag ,heap noun count a large pile of waste produced after coal or a metal has been taken out of the earth and processed …
5slag heap — ► NOUN ▪ a hill or area of refuse from a mine or industrial site …
6Slag heap — A slag heap (also called bing, Boney piles, culm, waste coal, Terekons (Russian), gob piles, or slate dumps) is a pile built of accumulated tailings, which are by products of mining. These waste materials are mostly composed of shale, as well as… …
7slag heap — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms slag heap : singular slag heap plural slag heaps a large pile of waste produced after coal or a metal has been taken out of the earth and processed …
8slag heap — noun A man made mound or heap formed with the waste material (slag) as a by product of coal mining. Can also refer to the waste by product from a foundry or furnace, formed into such a mound …
9slag heap — mound of residue of ore separated from a metal during the smelting process …
10slag heap — noun a hill or area of refuse from a mine or industrial site …
