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sluice-box

sluice-box is the alternative form of sluice box.

Meaning of sluice box

Noun

sluice box (plural sluice boxes)

  1. A box with riffles along the bottom, used to trap heavier gold particles as water washes them and the other material along the box.

Forms of sluice-box

pluralsluice-boxes

Questions about sluice-box

What is sluice-box the alternative form of?
Sluice-box is the alternative form of sluice box.

Words near sluice-box in the dictionary

  1. sluice gate
  2. sluice gates
  3. sluice one's bolt
  4. sluice out
  5. sluice valve
  6. sluice-box
  7. sluice-boxes
  8. sluice-gate
  9. sluice-gate price
  10. sluice-gate prices
  11. sluice-gates

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