trommel

English

Etymology

Compare German Trommel a drum.

Noun

trommel (plural trommels)

1. (mining) A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Noun

trommel c (plural trommels, diminutive trommeltje)

1. (music) drum, a type of percussion instrument
2. (technology) drum, various, often cylindrically shaped objects or components
3. cylinder (of a revolver)

Synonyms

• (music instrument): drum

Derived terms

• trommelrem
• trommelstok
• trommelvlies

Verb

trommel

1. first-person singular present indicative of trommelen
2. imperative of trommelen

Anagrams

• rommelt

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German

Verb

trommel

1. First-person singular present of trommeln.
2. Imperative singular of trommeln.