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View synonyms for tailings
tailings
/ ˈteɪlɪŋz /
plural noun
- waste left over after certain processes, such as from an ore-crushing plant or in milling grain
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It was not entirely for the money that he undertook the laborious task of washing "riffles" and "screening tailings."
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The tailings should be small, containing no light chaff and little full-size grain.
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Grain returned in the tailings is liable to get cracked in the cylinder, and much chaff in the tailings chokes the cylinder.
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The tailings are carried back to the cylinder by an elevator usually worked with a chain.
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Refuse material from quartz, hydraulic or other mines is known as tailings.
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