tailings in French
tailings in French is débris — tailings means the waste material left over after valuable minerals have been extracted from ore during mining.
tailings in French
débris
(mining) The waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing; the waste from coal mining.
What does "tailings" mean?
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noun The waste material left over after valuable minerals have been extracted from ore during mining.
"The old mine left behind huge piles of toxic tailings."
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noun The lower-quality remnants of a distillation or milling process.
"The tailings from the distillation contained mostly impurities."
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tailings in a sentence
- The old mine left behind huge piles of toxic tailings.
- Engineers built a dam to contain the mining tailings.
- The tailings from the distillation contained mostly impurities.
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What is "tailings" in French?
"tailings" in French is débris. tailings means: The waste material left over after valuable minerals have been extracted from ore during mining.
How do you use "tailings" in a sentence?
Example: "The old mine left behind huge piles of toxic tailings." In French, "tailings" is débris.
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