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entoleter

entoleter noun: a high-speed centrifugal device used to destroy insects and eggs in foodstuffs, especially in flour milling.

Noun

entoleter (plural entoleters)

  1. A high-speed centrifugal device used to destroy insects and eggs in foodstuffs, especially in flour milling.
    • The use of any entoleter for clean wheat ahead of first break is herein treated as a pre-break operation even though many combinations of rotor and liner and speed are available which break very little wheat.1952, Beef Cattle Feeding Investigations, page 17
    • […] flour is often passed through an entoleter before being bagged off, or going to bulk bins. The entoleter […] is a machine consisting of a rotor rapidly rotating within a fixed housing.1994, N. L. Kent, Kent's Technology of Cereals, page 187

Forms of entoleter

pluralentoleters

Origin of entoleter

From a brand name.

Questions about entoleter

What does entoleter mean?
Entoleter means a high-speed centrifugal device used to destroy insects and eggs in foodstuffs, especially in flour milling.
What part of speech is entoleter?
Entoleter is a noun.
What is the plural of entoleter?
The plural of entoleter is entoleters.

Words near entoleter in the dictionary

  1. entoiling
  2. entoilment
  3. entoilments
  4. entoils
  5. entolateral
  6. entoleter
  7. entoleters
  8. entoliid
  9. entoliids
  10. entolimod
  11. entolomataceous

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