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trommels

trommels is the plural of trommel.

Meaning of trommel

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.

Questions about trommels

What is trommels the plural of?
Trommels is the plural of trommel.

Words near trommels in the dictionary

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

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