Scoria

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /skɔːɹɪə/
• Rhymes: -ɔːriÉ™

Origin

From Latin scōria, from Ancient Greek σκωρία, from σκῶρ ("dung").

Full definition of scoria

Noun

1. The slag or dross that remains after the smelting of metal from an ore. from 14th c.
2. (geology) Rough masses of rock formed by solidified lava, and which can be found around a volcano's crater. from 18th c.
• 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 10:An excellent guidebook by Drs Kilburn and McGuire of University College London reveals that these unpromising pieces of debris are scoria and lithic fragments of the March 1944 eruption.

Derived terms

• scoriaceous
• scoriated
• scoriation
• scorification
• scorified
• scorifier
• scoriform
• scorify
• scoriac