"dredging box" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dredging boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dredging box (plural dredging boxes)
  1. (cooking) A dredger (container with a perforated lid used for scattering sugar or flour). Categories (topical): Cooking
    Sense id: en-dredging_box-en-noun-U18s4cS5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  2. (military, historical) A copper box with a perforated lid, used for sprinkling meal powder over shell fuses. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-dredging_box-en-noun-~OUZ5gx5 Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

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