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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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trommel

(ˈtrɒməl)
n
(Mining & Quarrying) a revolving cylindrical sieve used to screen crushed ore
[C19: from German: a drum]
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trom•mel

(ˈtrɒm əl)

n.
a rotary, cylindrical or conical screen for sorting ore, coal, gravel, etc.
[1875–80, Amer.; < German Trommel drum]
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