slag heap

Frequency: 4.01.2 per million words

a hill made of waste material from a mine

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  • The old mining town was overshadowed by a giant slag heap.
  • That towering slag heap is a stark reminder of the region's industrial past.
  • Environmentalists are concerned about toxic materials leaching from the old slag heap.
  • Decades of mining left behind a landscape scarred by numerous slag heaps.
  • The community successfully campaigned to have the ugly slag heap transformed into a nature reserve.
  • As children, we were warned not to climb the unstable slag heap.
  • The local council has approved a plan to redevelop the land where the slag heap currently stands.
  • From the top of the hill, you can see the dark silhouette of the slag heap against the sky.
  • Heavy machinery worked for months to clear the massive slag heap left by the steelworks.
  • The abandoned railway tracks led directly to the base of the colossal slag heap.