Tailings from the gold mine poisoned the land for kilometres around.
Source: tatoeba (13361042)
Tailings
Synonyms for "tailings" (5 found)
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Translations
7 translations across 7 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 尾礦 /尾矿 noun (waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore)
Dutch
1 entries- afval noun (waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore)
Esperanto
1 entries- gango noun (waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore)
Finnish
1 entries- rikastusjäte noun (waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore)
French
1 entries- débris noun (waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore)
Japanese
1 entries- 尾鉱 noun (waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore)
Spanish
1 entries- relave noun (waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Meronym: culm
Source: wiktionary
[…] and it is made into a mash which is fermented and distilled in the same way that an ordinary grain mash is handled in a whisky distillery. The tailings from the still are first compressed to extract the water, and[…]
Source: wiktionary
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