lavador

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A machine used in mining placer deposits, which washes paydirt slurries pumped into the top of machine, extracting pebbled ores though its sluice runs into its riffles, grates and miner's moss, a type of washplant.

Word forms

lavador lavadors

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese lavador (“washer”).

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