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trommel

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