slag heap

English

Alternative forms

• slag-heap, slagheap

Noun

slag heap (plural slag heaps)

1. 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.

   Synonym: (by-product of mining) spoil heap

   • 1952 January, H. A. Vallance, “The Waverley Route”, in Railway Magazine, page 16:

     As the Lothian Plain is reached, collieries and slag heaps begin to appear, although much of the surrounding country remains unspoiled.

   • 1960 February, J. N. Faulkner, “The Belgian Railways today”, in Trains Illustrated, page 86:

     The Borinage coalfield around Mons is another attractive area for the railway enthusiast; it is rather like South Lancashire, with its gently undulating landscape studded with slag heaps and pithead gear and criss-crossed by railway lines and tramways.

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: тэрыко́н m (terykón)
• Catalan: pila d'escòria f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 礦渣堆 / 矿渣堆 (kuàngzhāduī)

• Finnish: kuonakasa
• French: terril (fr) m, crassier (fr) m
• German: Schlackenhalde f, Abraumhalde (de) f, Schlackehaufen m
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: meddőhányó (hu), salakhányó
• Japanese: ボタ山 (ぼたやま, bota-yama)
• Portuguese: monte de resíduos (Brazilian)
• Russian: террико́н (ru) m (terrikón)
• Scots: bing
• Spanish: pila de desechos f
• Ukrainian: терико́н m (terykón)
• Walloon: teri (wa) m, terisse (wa) m, verdô (wa) m (slate mine)