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Definition: Scoria |
ScoriaNoun1. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "scoria" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1837. (references) |
Etymology: Scoria \Sco"ri*a\, noun; plural Scori[ae]. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from dung, ordure.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Geological | Scoria forms when blobs of gas-charged lava are thrown into the air during an eruption and cool in flight, falling as dark volcanic rock containing cavities created by trapped gas bubbles. (Clynne, et.al., 1998). (references) |
| Very bubbly (vesicular) basalt or andesite. Both scoria and pumice develop their bubbly textures when escaping gas is trapped as lava solidifies. Scoria is more dense and darker than pumice. (references) | |
Mining | A. A bomb-size pyroclast that is irregular in form and generally very vesicular. In less restricted usage, a vesicular cindery crust on the surface of andesitic or basaltic lava, the vesicular nature of which is due to the escape of volcanic gases before solidification; it is usually heavier, darker, and more crystalline than pumice. The adj. form, scoriaceous, is usually applied to pyroclastic ejecta. Cinder is sometimes used synonymously. CF:pumice b. A local term for melted or partly melted rock surrounding burned-outcoal beds in the Western United States. See also:clinker. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ScoriaSynonyms: dross (n), slag (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Scoria |
| English words defined with "scoria": Peperino ♦ Recrement ♦ Scoriaceous, Scoriae, Scoriform, Scorify, Sullage ♦ Volcanic rocks. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "scoria": Reticulite ♦ Thread-lace scoria. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "scoria": Escurial. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Scoria" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (dross, scoria, slag, waste), Latin (dross, slag). |
| "Scoria" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Scoria" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 13 | 97,576 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
scoria | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "scoria"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сгурия (cinder), шлака (clinker, dross, salamander, slag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | scorie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | scoria. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tulivuorenkuona. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | scorie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schlacken (clinkers, slags), schlacke (cinder, cinders, clinker, dross, dross band, dross spot, slag, waste products). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σκωρία (blast furnace slag, cement clinker, clinker, dross, rust, rustiness, slag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scorie (clinker), scoria (cinders, dross, hard zinc, slag, waste). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | slaig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oriascay escoria (dross), escória (cinder, cinders, clinker, dirt, dreg, dregs, dross, dross band, dross spot, hearth glass, raffle, refuse, scobs, scum, skimming, slag, spoilage, trash). (various references) zgurã (cinder, cinders, clinker, dross, foam, scale, scum, sinter, slag), arsurã (burn, heartburn, scald). (various references) шлак (clinker, scobs, scoriae, sinter, slag). (various references) escoria (cinders, clinker, dress, dross, mill scale, mill-scale, scale, scum, slag). (various references) cüruf (cinders, clinker, dross, slag). (various references) шлак (cinder, clinker, dross, scar, sinter, slag), окалина (calx, cinder, clinker, sinter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Ezekiel Chapter 22, Verse 18 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Uie anqrwpou idou gegonasi moi o oikoV israhl anamemeigmenoi panteV calkw kai sidhrw kai kassiterw kai molibw en mesw arguriou anamemeigmenoV estin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Fili hominis versa est mihi domus Israhel in scoriam omnes isti aes et stagnum et ferrum et plumbum in medio fornacis scoria argenti facti sunt |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Seiynge, Sone of man, the hous of Israel is turnyd in to drosse, or syndre; alle thes bras, and tyn, and yren, and leed, in the mydil of fourneys, ben maad drosse of siluer. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Son of man, the children of Israel have become like the poorest sort of waste metal to me: they are all silver and brass and tin and iron and lead mixed with waste. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Ezekiel Chapter 22, Verse 18 |
| Bulgarian | Сине човешки, Израилевият дом ми стана шлак; те всички са мед и калай, желязо и олово всред пещта; те са шлак от сребро. |
| Cebuano | Anak sa tawo, ang balay sa Israel alang kanako nahimong taya: silang tanan mga tumbaga ug estaño ug puthaw ug tingga sa taliwala sa hasohasan; sila mao ang taya sa salapi. |
| Chinese | 人 子 阿 、 以 色 列 家 在 我 看 為 渣 " ． 他 們 都 是 爐 中 的 銅 、 錫 、 鐵 、 鉛 ． 都 是 銀 渣 " 。 |
| Croatian | "Sine èovjeèji, dom Izraelov troska mi postade: bakar, srebro, kositar, željezo i olovo u peæi - svi su oni troska! |
| Danish | Menneskesøn! Israels Hus er blevet mig til Slagger; de er alle blevet Kobber, Tin, Jern og Bly i Smelteovnen; Sølvslagger er de blevet. |
| Dutch | Mensenkind, die van het huis Israels zijn Mij tot schuim geworden; zij zijn allen koper, of tin, of ijzer, of lood, in het midden des ovens; zilverschuim zijn zij geworden. |
| Finnish | "Ihmislapsi, Israelin heimo on kuonaksi tullut. He ovat kaikki tyynni vaskea, tinaa, rautaa ja lyijyä ahjossa; he ovat tulleet hopean kuonaksi. |
| French | Fils de l`homme, la maison d`Israël est devenue pour moi comme des scories; ils sont tous de l`airain, de l`étain, du fer, du plomb, dans le creuset; ce sont des scories d`argent. |
| German | Du Menschenkind, das Haus Israel ist mir zu Schlacken geworden und sind alle Erz, Zinn, Eisen und Blei im Ofen; ja, zu Silberschlacken sind sie geworden. |
| Haitian Creole | -Nonm o! Pou mwen moun pèp Izrayèl yo pa vo anyen. Yo tankou kras ki rete nan fon chodyè lè y'ap fonn ajan, kwiv, asye, fè ak plon. Yo tankou kras nan fon chodyè, yo pa vo anyen. |
| Hungarian | Embernek fia! Izráel háza salakká lett nékem; egészen réz és ón és vas és ólom a kemencze közepette; ezüstsalakká lettek: |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Hai manusia fana, orang-orang Israel itu tidak berguna bagi-Ku. Mereka ibarat sampah logam campuran, seperti tembaga, timah, besi dan timah hitam yang tersisa setelah perak dimurnikan di dalam perapian. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Hai, anak Adam! bahwa bangsa Israel telah jadi bagi-Ku akan sanga; mereka itu sekalian tembaga dan timah putih dan besi dan timah hitam, dan di tengah-tengah dapur mereka itu sanga perak adanya. |
| Italian | «Figlio dell'uomo, gli Israeliti si son cambiati in scoria per me; sono tutti rame, stagno, ferro e piombo dentro un crogiuolo: sono scoria di argento. |
| Korean | 인 자 야 이 스 라 엘 족 속 이 내 게 찌 끼 가 되 었 나 니 곧 ' 무 가 운 데 있 " 놋 이 나 상 납 이 나 이 나 납 이 며 은 의 찌 끼 로 다 |
| Maori | E te tama a te tangata, ki ahau, kua rite te whare o Iharaira ki te para: he parahi ratou katoa, he tine, he rino, he mata i waenga oumu; he para hiriwa ratou katoa. |
| Modern Greek | Υιε ανθρωπου, ο οικος Ισραηλ εγεινεν εις εμε σκωρια· παντες ειναι χαλκος και κασσιτερος και σιδηρος και μολυβδος εν τω μεσω του χωνευτηριου· ειναι σκωριαι αργυρου. |
| Norwegian | Menneskesønn! Israels hus er blitt mig til slagg; de er alle sammen som kobber og tinn og jern og bly i en ovn; sølvslagg er de blitt. |
| Portuguese | Filho do homem, a casa de Israel se tornou para mim em escória; todos eles são bronze, e estanho, e ferro, e chumbo no meio da fornalha; em escória de prata eles se tornaram. |
| Rumanian | ,,Fiul omului, casa lui Israel a ajuns pentru Mine ca niwte sgurq; toyi sknt aramq, cositor, fer, plumb, kn cuptorul de topit; au ajuns niwte sgurq de argint. |
| Russian | УЩО ЮЕМПЧЕЮЕУЛЙК! "ПН йЪТБЙМЕЧ У"ЕМБМУС Х нЕОС ЙЪЗБТША; ЧУЕ ПОЙ--ПМПЧП, НЕ"Ш Й ЦЕМЕЪП Й УЧЙОЕ" Ч ЗПТОЙМЕ, У"ЕМБМЙУШ, ЛБЛ ЙЪЗБТШ УЕТЕ'ТБ. |
| Spanish | "Oh hijo de hombre, para mí la casa de Israel se ha convertido en escoria. Todos ellos--plata, cobre, estaño, hierro y plomo-- se han convertido en escoria en medio del horno. |
| Swedish | Du människobarn, Israels hus har för mig blivit slagg; de äro allasammans blott koppar, tenn, järn och bly i ugnen; de äro ett silver som kan räknas för slagg. >Jes. 1,22. Jer. 6,28. |
| Thai | "บุตรแห่งมนุษย์เอ๋ย สำหรับเราวงศ์วานอิสราเอลกลายเป็นขี้โลหะ เขาทั้งสิ้นเป็นทองสัมฤทธิ์ "ีบุก เหล็ก และตะกั่วในเตาหลอม เขาเป็นขี้โลหะเงินไปหม" |
| Ukrainian | Сину людський, дім Ізраїлів став мені за жужелицю; усі вони мідь, і цина, і залізо, і оливо в середині горна, жужелицею срібла сталися. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scoria": scoriaceous, scoriae. (additional references) | |
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"Scoria" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Coria, Csorna, Escocia, Escriva, istoria, Ossorio, Saccaria, scair, scarea, Schori, Scira, sciri, scofi, scolia, Scorah, Scoraig, scordi, scori, Scorpii, scorta, scotian, scotica, scourian, Scozia, scrie, scrofa, Scryfa, scuri, Securitag, sgoir, sicarii, sicario, skorea, skorta, sociaux. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "scoria" (pronounced 'Sco"ri*a'): Acetonuria, Acrita, Adularia, Adversaria, Albuminuria, Alcyonaria, Anisocoria, Aporia, Appendicularia, Apteria, Araucaria, Aria, Auricularia, Azoturia, Balistraria, Baria, Bipinnaria, Brachiolaria, Cafeteria, calceolaria, Calvaria, Carinaria, Cercaria, Ceria, Chyluria, Cineraria, Cnidaria, Convallaria, Curia, Dataria, Desmobacteria, Desmomyaria, Dinosauria, Diphtheria, Dysphoria, Enaliosauria, Feria, filaria, Fistularia, Gastrotricha, Gloria, Glucosuria, Glycosuria, Grossularia, Halisauria, Hatteria, hematuria, Heteromyaria, Heterotricha, Holotricha, Homoeomeria, Hypotricha, hysteria, Ichthyosauria, Improperia, Injuria, Krameria, Laminaria, Lemuria, Lepidosauria, Lucernaria, malaria, Memoria, Mercenaria, Mesosauria, Microbacteria, miliaria, Monadaria, moria, Myaria, Noria, Ophiurida, Oscillaria, Parkeria, Pedicellaria, Pelicosauria, Peloria, Peptonuria, Peristeria, Peritricha, Persicaria, Phantasmagoria, Phosphaturia, Physemaria, Phytozoaria, Planaria, Plesiosauria, Plumularia, Poluria, Polycyttaria, Prototheria, Pseudobacteria, Pseudofilaria, Pyuria, Radiolaria, Regularia, Reticularia, Rotatoria, Salisburia, Saltatoria, Sanguinaria, Sauria, Scalaria, Scrophularia, Serpentaria, Sertularia, Solfanaria, Stegosauria, Streptobacteria, Suctoria, talaria, Thoria, Tornaria, Trachearia, Tubularia, Turbellaria, Umbellularia, urticaria, Vesicularia, Wistaria, Zauschneria, Zoantharia, Zonaria. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-o-r-s" | |
-1 letter: coirs, coria, orcas. | |
-2 letters: airs, arco, arcs, asci, cars, ciao, coir, cors, cris, oars, ocas, orca, orcs, osar, rias, rocs, sari, scar, soar, sora, sori. | |
-3 letters: air, ais, arc, ars, car, cis, cor, cos, oar, oca, ora, orc, ors, ras, ria, roc, sac, sic, sir, sri. | |
-4 letters: ai, ar, as, is, or, os, si, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-o-r-s" | |
+1 letter: arkosic, carious, corsair, curiosa, picaros, prosaic, sarcoid, scoriae. | |
+2 letters: acrostic, acrotism, actorish, aerobics, aoristic, apricots, ascorbic, calorics, calories, caribous, cariocas, carioles, carotids, carotins, carrions, chariots, citators, clarions, cochairs, corbinas, cordials, corridas, corsairs, corvinas, cramoisy, gracioso, gracious, haricots, idocrase, isobaric, isocracy, minorcas, narcosis, ocarinas, organics, orgasmic, orgastic, parsonic, picadors, piscator, ricottas, saprobic, sarcoids, sardonic, scariose, scarious, scenario, sporadic, varicose. | |
+3 letters: acroleins, acroliths, acromions, acropolis, acrostics, acrotisms, ahistoric, albicores, amoristic, anoretics, anorexics, arccosine, armonicas, aromatics, atrocious, boracites, braciolas, bracioles, braconids, cabrioles, calorizes, cancroids, canonries, caparison, caponiers, caprioles, carbinols, carbolics, cardioids, carillons, carousing, carrioles, carrotins, caryopsis, caryotins, censorial, choriambs, cilantros, cloistral, coadmires, cocineras, commissar, consortia, constrain, contrails, copremias, coracoids, cordwains, corrasion, corrasive, corrivals, corydalis, coumarins, cramoisie, crayonist, creations, croakiest, croissant, crosshair, cursorial, dictators, disaccord, dropsical, esoterica, factories, fractions, fractious, graciosos, hairlocks, harmonics, hippocras, hyracoids, idocrases, impactors, ironclads, loricates, macaronis, marocains, microbars, narcotics, ocularist, oligarchs, omniarchs, operatics, oratrices, orgiastic, ossicular, ostracise, ostracism, ostracize, paranoics, picadores, picaroons, piclorams, picograms, piscators, piscatory, procaines, proclaims, prophasic, proscenia, prostatic, psoriatic, raincoats, rapacious, reactions, rhapsodic, rocailles, rockabies, romantics, saprozoic, scenarios, sclerotia, sectorial, sociogram, suctorial, suctorian, tractions, transonic, trifocals, trochaics, varicosed, veracious, veronicas, vicarious, victorias, voracious, zirconias. | |
+4 letters: abdicators, accordions, accretions, acquisitor, acrimonies, acrobatics, acrostical, activators, acyclovirs, aeciospore, aerobatics, aircoaches, alacritous, allosteric, anchorites, anorectics, antechoirs, aphoristic, apocarpies, arachnoids, arccosines, archbishop, archivolts, arecolines, aristocrat, artichokes, ascocarpic, ascosporic, ascription, astrocytic, astronomic, atrocities, avaricious, bacteroids, binoculars, bricolages, cabriolets, caddisworm, cairngorms, cajoleries, camorrista, camorristi, cannonries, capacitors, caparisons, capriccios, capricious, captoprils, carbanions, carbonizes, carcinoids, carcinomas, carnations, carnivores, carnotites, carpaccios, carrotiest, cartoonish, cartoonist, castigator, castration, categories, categorise, chancroids, charbroils, cherimoyas, chipboards, chirimoyas, chivalrous, chromatics, chromatids, chromatins, chronaxies, cigarillos, clipboards, clostridia, coarsening, commissars, commissary, comparison, conspiracy, constrains, constraint, containers, contraries, corallines, coriaceous, corianders, cornelians, coronaries, corrasions, costarring, costmaries, cowardices, cramoisies, crayonists, cremations, crenations, croissants, crosshairs, cryostatic, curvacious, deaconries, dedicators, desiccator, dichondras, dichromats, dicumarols, disaccords, discordant, discourage, dormancies, ericaceous, escharotic, excoriates, factorials, factorizes, factorship, falconries, fascinator, fornicates, fortalices, franchisor, francolins, fricandoes, furcations, glycosuria, graciously, haircloths, harmonicas, historical, iceboaters, icosahedra, ignorances, incubators, indicators, infrasonic, isocaloric, isochronal, isocracies, kickboards, kiloparsec, macaronics, macaronies, manticores, maraschino, masticator, megasporic, microbeams, micrograms, microscale, microsomal, microstate, microwatts, microwaves, miraculous, monarchies, monarchism, monarchist, moralistic, mordancies, morticians, narcotizes, nomarchies, normalcies, obduracies, octarchies, octonaries, ocularists, orchardist, ordinances, organicism, organicist, organismic, oscillator, ostracised, ostracises, ostracisms, ostracized, ostracizes, overclaims, paranoiacs, paregorics, parodistic, pickaroons, picofarads, pictograms, pictorials, porcelains, precarious, predacious, prolactins, prosodical, psoriatics, radicchios, recoinages, redactions, rheostatic, rusticator, sacroiliac, saprogenic, sarcophagi, schizocarp, sclerotial, scorpaenid, scriptoria, socializer, sociograms, sporicidal, suctorians, supraoptic, syndicator, tovariches, transsonic, ultrasonic, unactorish, ungracious, varicosity, vocalizers, voracities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 6F 72 69 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. --- .-. .. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01101111 01110010 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c o r i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 006F 0072 0069 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)536981847567 |
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