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trémie

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trém⋅ie

  [trem-ee; Fr. trey-mee]
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–noun, plural trém⋅ies  [trem-eez; Fr. trey-mee] .
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
Origin:
1900–05; < F: hopper < L trimodia three-peck measure, equiv. to tri- tri- + mod(ius) measure of grain + -ia -ia
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