screw conveyor

screw conveyor

noun
a device for moving loose materials, consisting of a shaft with a broad, helically wound blade rotating in a tube or trough.
Also called worm.
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Screw conveyor is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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screw conveyor
 
n
engineering Also called: worm conveyor a duct along which material is conveyed by the rotational action of a spiral vane which lies along the length of the duct

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