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sluice box

sluice box noun: a box with riffles along the bottom, used to trap heavier gold particles as water washes them and the other material along the 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.

sluice box meaning in Tamil

sluice box in Tamil

கனிமம் திரள் தொட்டி

Forms of sluice box

pluralsluice boxes
alternative formsluicebox
alternative formsluice-box

Questions about sluice box

What does sluice box mean?
Sluice box means a box with riffles along the bottom, used to trap heavier gold particles as water washes them and the other material along the box.
What is sluice box in Tamil?
Sluice box in Tamil is கனிமம் திரள் தொட்டி. See Sluice box meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sluice box?
Sluice box is a noun.
What is the plural of sluice box?
The plural of sluice box is sluice boxes.

Words near sluice box in the dictionary

  1. slugthrower
  2. slugthrowers
  3. slugworm
  4. slugworms
  5. sluice
  6. sluice box
  7. sluice boxes
  8. sluice gate
  9. sluice gates
  10. sluice one's bolt
  11. sluice out

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