mudflat; mud(Sediment); sludge 1. A soft, soupy, or muddy bottom deposit, such as found on tideland or in a stream bed. 2. A semifluid, slushy, murky mass of sediment resulting from treatment of water, sewage, or industrial and mining wastes, and often appearing as local bottom deposits in polluted bodies of water
slush; slime(Fine insoluble material formed in electrolysis or in electrodeposition); slimes(Material of less than 200 mesh which settles very slowly and must be leached by agitation); slip(Clay mixed with water)
