Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tailings

/tˈeɪlɪŋz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables: tail-ings
IPA: /tˈeɪlɪŋz/

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of tailing

noun

The waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing; the waste from coal mining.

noun

The weak feints, the last fraction of product obtained at the end of distillation, typically impure and containing fusel oils.

noun

Inferior or damaged grain, as well as seeds of other plants (weeds), removed from grain before milling or sowing.

Example Sentences

"Meronym: culm"
"[…] 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[…]"

Frequently Paired Words

overburden gangue gob goaf slime

Synonyms

mullock culm tail tails

Rhymes With

failings railings mailings

Questions

How do you pronounce tailings?: The recorded pronunciation is /tˈeɪlɪŋz/.
What does tailings mean?: plural of tailing

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