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sluice boxes

sluice boxes is the plural 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.

Questions about sluice boxes

What is sluice boxes the plural of?
Sluice boxes is the plural of sluice box.

Words near sluice boxes in the dictionary

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

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