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trommel definition

trom·mel (träm′əl)

noun

a sieve, usually a revolving cylindrical one, used in screening ore, coal, etc.

Etymology: Ger, a drum < MHG trumel < trume, of echoic orig.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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