trommel

See also: Trommel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Trommel (“drum”).

Pronunciation

Noun

trommel (plural trommels)

  1. (mining) A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores.
    • 1871, Rossiter W. Raymond, Mines and Mining of the Rocky Mountains, the Inland Basin, and the Pacific Slope, J. B. Ford & Company, page 697.
      This trommel is very compact and will give four sizes of product.
  2. A rotating drum for sorting items, such as waste for recycling.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for trommel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch trommel. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtrɔ.məl/
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  • Hyphenation: trom‧mel
  • Rhymes: -ɔməl

Noun

trommel f or m (plural trommels, diminutive trommeltje n)

  1. (music) drum, a type of percussion instrument
  2. (technology) drum, various, often cylindrically shaped objects or components
  3. cylinder (of a revolver)
  4. a box to hold cookies in

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

trommel

  1. first-person singular present indicative of trommelen
  2. imperative of trommelen

Anagrams

German

Verb

trommel

  1. First-person singular present of trommeln.
  2. Imperative singular of trommeln.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Trommel

Noun

trommel m (definite singular trommelen, indefinite plural tromler, definite plural tromlene)

  1. a drum (e.g. brake drum, cable drum, rotating cylinder)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Trommel

Noun

trommel m (definite singular trommelen, indefinite plural tromlar, definite plural tromlane)

  1. a drum (e.g. brake drum, cable drum, rotating cylinder)

Derived terms

References
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