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Definition of slush noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

slush

noun
 
/slʌʃ/
 
/slʌʃ/
[uncountable]
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  1. partly melted snow that is usually dirty
    • In the city the clean white snow had turned to grey slush.
    • There was dirty brown slush all over the roads and pavements.
    Topics Weatherc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • dirty
    • muddy
    • frozen
    verb + slush
    • turn to
    preposition
    • through the slush
    phrases
    • snow and slush
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  2. (informal, disapproving) stories, films or feelings that are considered to be silly and without value because they are too emotional and romantic
    • Her novels are full of sentimental slush.
  3. Word Originmid 17th cent.: probably imitative; compare with slosh.
See slush in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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