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trommel

UK/ˈtɹɒməl/

trommel noun: a revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores.

Noun

trommel (plural trommels)

  1. (obsolete) A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores.
    • This trommel is very compact and will give four sizes of product.1871, Rossiter W. Raymond, Mines and Mining of the Rocky Mountains, the Inland Basin, and the Pacific Slope, J. B. Ford & Company, page 697
  2. A rotating drum for sorting items, such as waste for recycling.

trommel meaning in Tamil

trommel in Tamil

உருள் சல்லடை

Forms of trommel

pluraltrommels

Origin of trommel

Borrowed from German Trommel (“drum”).

Words formed from trommel

  • trommel screen

Words that rhyme with trommel

Questions about trommel

What does trommel mean?
Trommel means a revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores.
What is trommel in Tamil?
Trommel in Tamil is உருள் சல்லடை. See Trommel meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is trommel?
Trommel is a noun.
How do you pronounce trommel?
Trommel is pronounced /ˈtɹɒməl/ (UK).
What is the plural of trommel?
The plural of trommel is trommels.

Words near trommel in the dictionary

  1. trometamol
  2. tromethamine
  3. tromino
  4. trominoes
  5. trominos
  6. trommel
  7. trommels
  8. tromometer
  9. tromometers
  10. tromometric
  11. tromometrical

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trommel (page history and authors); trommel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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