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arrastras

arrastras is the plural of arrastra.

Meaning of arrastra

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.

Questions about arrastras

What is arrastras the plural of?
Arrastras is the plural of arrastra.

Words near arrastras in the dictionary

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

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