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arrastra

arrastra noun: a device formerly used by gold-miners for grinding auriferous quartz, crudely resembling a mortar and pestle, with the crushing element dragged around by horse or mule.

Noun

arrastra (plural arrastras)

  1. A device formerly used by gold-miners for grinding auriferous quartz, crudely resembling a mortar and pestle, with the crushing element dragged around by horse or mule.

Forms of arrastra

pluralarrastras
alternative formarrastre
alternative formrastra

Origin of arrastra

Borrowed from Spanish arrastre.

Questions about arrastra

What does arrastra mean?
Arrastra means a device formerly used by gold-miners for grinding auriferous quartz, crudely resembling a mortar and pestle, with the crushing element dragged around by horse or mule.
What part of speech is arrastra?
Arrastra is a noun.
What is the plural of arrastra?
The plural of arrastra is arrastras.

Words near arrastra in the dictionary

  1. arrasene
  2. arrasenes
  3. arrases
  4. Arrasmith
  5. Arrasmiths
  6. arrastra
  7. arrastras
  8. arrastre
  9. arrastres
  10. arraswise
  11. arratel

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