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funnel box

funnel box noun: an apparatus for collecting finely crushed ore from water.

Noun

funnel box (plural funnel boxes)

  1. An apparatus for collecting finely crushed ore from water.
    • The calcined stuff, as it comes from the furnace, is thrown through a hopper or shaking funnel box between two metal cylinders, through which both the coarſer particles and clods fall1790, Ignaz von Born, New Process Of Amalgamation Of Gold And Silver Ores

Forms of funnel box

pluralfunnel boxes

Questions about funnel box

What does funnel box mean?
Funnel box means an apparatus for collecting finely crushed ore from water.
What part of speech is funnel box?
Funnel box is a noun.
What is the plural of funnel box?
The plural of funnel box is funnel boxes.

Words near funnel box in the dictionary

  1. funmakers
  2. funned
  3. funned up
  4. funnel
  5. funnel account
  6. funnel box
  7. funnel boxes
  8. funnel cake
  9. funnel cakes
  10. funnel chanterelle
  11. funnel chanterelles

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