Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sluice box

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English

Syllables: sluice box
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A box with riffles along the bottom, used to trap heavier gold particles as water washes them and the other material along the box.

Inflected Forms

sluice boxes (plural) sluicebox (alternative) sluice-box (alternative)

Questions

What does sluice box mean?: A box with riffles along the bottom, used to trap heavier gold particles as water washes them and the other material along the box.

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