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Answer for the clue "Ore-sizing screen ", 7 letters:
trommel

Word definitions for trommel in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trommel \Trom"mel\, n. [Cf. G. trommel a drum.] (Mining) A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores. --Raymond.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context mining English) A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores. 2 A rotating drum for sorting items, such as waste for recycling.

Usage examples of trommel.

Moving up through Trommel and Clocolan, Ficksburg was occupied on May 25th by the Colonial Division, while Rundle seized Senekal, forty miles to the north-west.

It was impossible to prospect: I had no trommel and even if I had, you need water to wash gravel.