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STAMP BATTERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stamp battery mean?
• STAMP BATTERY (noun)
The noun STAMP BATTERY has 1 sense:
1. a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores
Familiarity information: STAMP BATTERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
battery; stamp battery
Hypernyms ("stamp battery" is a kind of...):
stamp mill; stamping mill (a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps)
Meronyms (parts of "stamp battery"):
pestle; stamp (machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores)
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