Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A revolving cylindrical sieve used for screening or sizing rock and ore.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mining, a revolving cylindrical sieve for cleaning or sizing ore. Also called
sizing-trommel and washing-drum or washing-trommel, according as it is used for sizing or for cleaning ores. Seesizing , 3.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mining) A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mining A revolving
buddle orsieve for separating, or sizing,ores .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"trommel" that uses centrifugal force to extract smaller materials, a "destoner" to separate light and heavy things, a "star screen" to separate soft and hard objects, and an array of other gadgets.
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The two new cues were recorded directly into the master for the scene 1 mix, and are very simple -- the first is a lute piece wrapped around Hermia and Lysander's conversation, while the bridging piece consists of pan flute and trommel -- simple and effective.
Moving right along 2007
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Nearby, Mr. Sherlund's nephew Shane manipulated the long arm of a Caterpillar excavator to feed the dirt from the pile into a trommel: a big rotating barrel with water flowing through it that spits out large rocks on one end and directs silt and small stones into a sluice, a long bed of metal louvers that trap the gold.
On Wall Street, 2007
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Top: Mr. Sherlund's trommel plant separates rock and dirt from the gold; bottom: Sherlund's gold melted into bars stored in vials.
On Wall Street, 2007
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Reform Committee became aware of that factor in their case which has since become famous as 'de trommel van Bobby White' -- Major Robert
The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs 1896
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The company has recently acquired a 30 TPH testing trommel which will be used by our geological staff to complete detailed exploration and sampling work planned for 2011.
unknown title 2011
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(For an additional price, WWR can add a 2 "daisywheel trommel screen to make 2" fuel chips).
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(For an additional price, WWR can add a 2 "daisywheel trommel screen to make 2" fuel chips).
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(For an additional price, WWR can add a 2 "daisywheel trommel screen to make 2" fuel chips).
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(For an additional price, WWR can add a 2 "daisywheel trommel screen to make 2" fuel chips).
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qms commented on the word trommel
In heartwarming tableaux of old
The prospector pans for his gold;
The motorized trommel
Is now what is normal,
A scene that leaves dreaming hearts cold.
July 7, 2018