Rockpicker
Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-004898
A worker, machine, or machine part that takes waste rock out of ore during ore dressing, for example by picking stones from a belt or sorting table as the ore passes. In agriculture the same word names a tractor-drawn machine that lifts stones out of fields and carries them in a hopper.
| Identifier | MLC-T-IND-004898 |
|---|---|
| Field | Industrial and trades |
| Subject | Mining and extraction |
| See also | Rockpicking |
| Translations | German: Steinpicker; Spanish: despedregadora; French: trieur de roches |
Record as JSON
{
"id": "MLC-T-IND-004898",
"term": "Rockpicker",
"field": "Industrial and trades",
"definition": "A worker, machine, or machine part that takes waste rock out of ore during ore dressing, for example by picking stones from a belt or sorting table as the ore passes. In agriculture the same word names a tractor-drawn machine that lifts stones out of fields and carries them in a hopper.",
"subject": "Mining and extraction",
"see_also": [
"rockpicking"
],
"translations": {
"de": "Steinpicker",
"es": "despedregadora",
"fr": "trieur de roches"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/rockpicker/"
}
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