sprue

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Synonyms: spue, spruce, spree, sprug, serue, sprae, prue, sprde, spre, spru

Antonyms: spue, spruce, spree, sprug, serue, sprae, prue, sprde, spre, spru

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Noun

1. A tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis.

Noun

1. A channel through which molten metal is poured into the mold during the casting process.
2. Material that cools in the feed channels to a mold.

Verb

1. To remove the sprues (material left in feed channels) from a cast piece.

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