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Abacus
noun · 78% connection
A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: trough, tray.
Back
noun · 78% connection
A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or co…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: trough, tray.
Bosh
noun · 78% connection
In forging and smelting, a trough in which tools and ingots are cooled.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: trough, tray.
Buddle
noun · 78% connection
An apparatus, especially an inclined trough or vat, in which stamped ore is concentrated by subjecting it to the action of running wat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: trough, tray.
Canvass
noun · 78% connection
To go trough, with personal solicitation or public addresses; as, to canvass a district for votes; to canvass a city for subscriptions.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: trough, tray.
Case
noun · 78% connection
A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: trough, tray.
Chute
noun · 78% connection
A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: trough, tray.
Conveyor
noun · 78% connection
A contrivance for carrying objects from place to place; esp., one for conveying grain, coal, etc., -- as a spiral or screw turning in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: trough, tray.
Dale
noun · 78% connection
A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: trough, tray.
Dish
noun · 78% connection
A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: trough, tray.
Galley
noun · 78% connection
An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: trough, tray.
Gutter
noun · 78% connection
A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: trough, tray.
Hod
noun · 78% connection
A kind of wooden tray with a handle, borne on the shoulder, for carrying mortar, brick, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: trough, tray.
Hopper
noun · 78% connection
A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: trough, tray.
Launder
noun · 78% connection
A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other app…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: trough, tray.
Manger
noun · 78% connection
A trough or open box in which fodder is placed for horses or cattle to eat.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: trough, tray.
Noria
noun · 78% connection
A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: trough, tray.
Plateau
noun · 78% connection
An ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: trough, tray.
