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trommel

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trom⋅mel

[trom-uhl]
–noun
a rotary, cylindrical or conical screen for sorting ore, coal, gravel, etc., according to size.

Origin:
1875–80, Americanism; < G Trommel drum
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trom·mel   (trŏm'əl)   
n.  A revolving cylindrical sieve used for screening or sizing rock and ore.

[German, from Middle High German trummel, diminutive of trumme, drum, probably of imitative origin.]
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