sprue

Meaning of sprue

noun

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

noun
  1. (founding) The hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold.
  2. (founding) Material that cools in the feed channels to a mold.

verb

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

Information about sprue

Hyphenation of sprue

sprue

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • sprue is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of sprue

puers, Purse, purse, resup, super

Words that rhyme with sprue

Prue, outsprue

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