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sprue

/spɹuː/

sprue noun: a tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis.

sprue: a tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis
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Noun (1)

sprue (countable and uncountable, plural sprues)

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

Noun (2)

sprue (plural sprues)

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

Verb

sprue (third-person singular simple present sprues, present participle sprueing or spruing, simple past and past participle sprued)

  1. To remove the sprues (material left in feed channels) from a cast piece.
    • In the brass spruing room is what is known as a Todd water tumbler, used for brass castings.1882 August 15, “Details of a brass and iron foundry”, in American Machinist, page 3
    • The method adopted for sprueing the wax pattern is much more important to the success of the inlay than is generally realized.1947, The Ney Inlay Book, J. M. Ney Company, page 17

sprue meaning in Tamil

sprue in Tamil

குடல் உறிஞ்சா நோய், சொரிக்கா சீதபேதி

Examples of sprue in a sentence

  • The pattern is completed in its final contour, is then sprued, invested and burned out of the investment, and the gold alloy is cast in the same manner as when the indirect technique is utilized1976, Hazel Torres, Ann Beard Ehrlich, Modern Dental Assisting, page 662:
  • If we are to cast a simple pattern like a small ball we have at least three methods of sprueing the wax pattern (Fig. 6).1985, Edward R. Dootz, “Technology of Casting and Soldering Alloys for Metal-Ceramic Applications”, in Conference on Recent Developments in...

Synonyms of sprue

Forms of sprue

Noun
pluralsprues
Verb
third-person singular presentsprues
present participlesprueing
present participlespruing
past participlesprued
pastsprued

Origin of sprue

From Dutch spruw, sprouw. First described by William Hillary.

Unknown.

Words formed from sprue

Phrases with sprue

Words that rhyme with sprue

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Questions about sprue

What does sprue mean?
Sprue means a tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis.
What is sprue in Tamil?
Sprue in Tamil is குடல் உறிஞ்சா நோய், சொரிக்கா சீதபேதி. See Sprue meaning in Tamil.
How do you use sprue in a sentence?
The pattern is completed in its final contour, is then sprued, invested and burned out of the investment, and the gold alloy is cast in the same manner as when the indirect technique is utilized
What part of speech is sprue?
Sprue can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce sprue?
Sprue is pronounced /spɹuː/.
What is the plural of sprue?
The plural of sprue is sprues.

Words near sprue in the dictionary

  1. sprucify
  2. sprucifying
  3. sprucing
  4. sprucing up
  5. sprucy
  6. sprue
  7. sprue asparagus
  8. sprue goo
  9. sprued
  10. sprueing
  11. Spruell

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sprue (page history and authors); sprue (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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