"shakeout" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shakeouts [plural]
Etymology: shake + out Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shake|out}} shake + out Head templates: {{en-noun}} shakeout (plural shakeouts)
  1. An event that causes marginal constituents to be eliminated. Translations (event that causes marginal constituents to be eliminated): Bereinigungsprozess [masculine] (German), Bereinigung [feminine] (German), Gesundschrumpfung [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-shakeout-en-noun-viJrq9hR Disambiguation of 'event that causes marginal constituents to be eliminated': 94 5 1
  2. (engineering) The separation of molds from their flask, the castings from the molding sand, and potentially the cores from the castings. Categories (topical): Engineering
    Sense id: en-shakeout-en-noun-gdh~dYDZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 66 12 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 63 15 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. The shaking of an object to spread it wide and eject any debris.
    Sense id: en-shakeout-en-noun-khR86fvX

Inflected forms

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