red mud
nounDefinition of red mud
1 : a marine offshore deposit deriving its yellow-brown to red-brown color from iron oxide red mud … is most prevalent in the Yellow sea and off the coasts of Brazil— F. C. Lane — compare blue mud
2 : a residue high in iron oxide resulting from purification of alumina in the Bayer process
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