slagheap
1
9.0
A large pile of waste left after mining coal or metal
- noun
- /ˈslæɡˌhip/
- Specialized
:
montón de escoria
- After the mine closed, a large slagheap remained at the site, marking the environmental impact of decades of coal extraction.
Examples
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Seeing we're sitting on the slagheap of life it's always a bloody good thing to know the time of day -
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Children used to play near the slagheap, searching for shiny bits of metal that had been discarded from the ore processing.
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The abandoned slagheap was covered in grass and wildflowers, transforming the landscape left by years of mining activity.
Synonyms
scrapheap
vsslagheap
1
5.4
A pile of old broken metal and other things kept to be thrown away
contains waste specifically left from mining coal or metal ores
1
9.9
A large pile of waste left from a coal mine
is the same meaning but is mainly a Scottish regional word
refuse heap
vsslagheap
4.5
A pile of rubbish left outside in one place
contains waste produced directly by mining operations not ordinary rubbish
dustheap
vsslagheap
4.5
A pile of dust and old rubbish thrown away
is a large compact pile made from solid mining waste not fine particles
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Etymology
Slagheap comes from slag ('waste left after metal is melted') and heap ('a pile'), so it simply means a large pile of waste left from mining or metal work.