slushes

Half-melted snow piles

Slushes is the plural of slush—partially melted snow or ice that forms a wet, sloppy mess: The slushes on the sidewalk soaked through my shoes.

Slushes also names frozen drinks made from flavored ice crystals: We ordered cherry slushes at the convenience store.

As a verb form, slushes describes liquid moving noisily: Water slushes around in my boots.

weather

sleet

Partly frozen precipitation

puddle · icy · freezing · wintry · sidewalk · roadway · splatter · spray · gutter · curbside

beverage

frozen

Solidified by extreme cold

sherbet · lemonade · soda · juice · flavored · fruity · tropical · tangy · zesty · syrup

texture

soggy

Thoroughly wet and soft

  • sloppyCareless and untidy
  • mushySoft or saccharine
  • wetSaturated with liquid

saturated · soaked · waterlogged · squelch · slosh · splash · damp · ooze · gooey · viscous

ground

mud

Wet soil mixture

  • muckFilthy wet dirt
  • mireBoggy, waterlogged terrain
  • puddleShallow collected rainwater

snow-covered · footprints · boots · trudge · wade · splatter · dirty · grimy · messy · roadside

Opposites
physical state/consistency

slushesice

Water's solid form

freezes · solidifies · hardens · glaciers · ice blocks

temperature/thermal state

slushesdry heat

High temperature, low humidity

hot pavement

texture/tactile quality

slushesdry powder

Waterless granular material

powder snow · packed earth · hardpan · firm ground

Phrases
Family

slushy, slush, slushiness, slushed, slushiest

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G