English Explanatory Dictionary

mullock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Rubbish, waste matter.
  2. Mining waste or ore processing waste:
  3. Overburden: waste material generated while searching for minerals or while mining, such as when sinking a shaft.
  4. Tailings: waste rock from which the wanted gold, minerals, opal, etc., has been extracted.
  5. Nonsense, rubbish.
  6. A mess; the result of a blunder.
verb
  1. To clear waste material out of a mine.

Pronunciation

en-au-mullock.ogg

Word forms

mullock mullocks mullocking mullocked

Etymology

From mull + -ock.

Derived words

mullocky poke mullock mullocker
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