BASIC SLAG

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Slag produced in making steel; low in silica but having large amounts of calcium phosphate; useful as fertilizer

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("basic slag" is a kind of...):

dross; scoria; slag (the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals)

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