Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

funnel box

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: fun-nel box
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An apparatus for collecting finely crushed ore from water.

Example Sentences

"The calcined stuff, as it comes from the furnace, is thrown through a hopper or shaking funnel box between two metal cylinders, through which both the coarſer particles and clods fall"

Inflected Forms

funnel boxes (plural)

Questions

What does funnel box mean?: An apparatus for collecting finely crushed ore from water.

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