"tailings" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

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  1. plural of tailing Tags: form-of, plural Form of: tailing
    Sense id: en-tailings-en-noun-7Y8-1gyv Categories (other): English pluralia tantum, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 25 33 30 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 13 41 36 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 36 35 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 40 35 13

Noun [English]

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  1. (mining) The waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Mining Synonyms: mullock Translations (waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore): 尾礦 (Chinese Mandarin), 尾矿 (wěikuàng) (Chinese Mandarin), afval (Dutch), gango (Esperanto), rikastusjäte (Finnish), débris (French), 尾鉱 (bikō) (alt: びこう) (Japanese), relave [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tailings-en-noun-tNvaVdrh Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 48 39 9 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 25 33 30 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 44 39 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 48 38 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 13 41 36 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 9 45 39 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 36 35 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 40 35 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 44 39 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 8 35 39 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 46 37 9 Topics: business, mining Disambiguation of 'waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore': 87 6 8
  2. (alcohol production) The feints, the last fraction of product obtained at the end of distillation. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Alcohol production
    Sense id: en-tailings-en-noun-ex8ZlyAd Disambiguation of Alcohol production: 12 19 64 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 48 39 9 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 25 33 30 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 44 39 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 13 41 36 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 9 45 39 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 36 35 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 40 35 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 44 39 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 8 35 39 17
  3. (agriculture) Inferior or damaged grain, as well as seeds of other plants (weeds), removed from grain before milling or sowing. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Agriculture
    Sense id: en-tailings-en-noun-Sg9HW7In Categories (other): English pluralia tantum, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 25 33 30 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 36 35 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 40 35 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 8 35 39 17 Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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