batea
- noun
- Specialized
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batea
- Using a batea, she patiently searched for gold flakes along the stream.
Examples
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Miners in South America often rely on a batea to separate gold from the soil.
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The batea is essential for traditional gold panning.
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The prospector filled his batea with river gravel and began to swirl it gently.
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Look at that batea!
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The prospector filled his batea with river gravel and began to swirl it gently.
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Using a batea, she patiently searched for gold flakes along the stream.
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Miners in South America often rely on a batea to separate gold from the soil.
Synonyms
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8.8
A box that rocks to separate gold from dirt
A shallow open container like a bowl for holding or serving food
A shallow bowl used in ancient ceremonies or a wide shallow crater made by a volcano
How Shallow
- Specialized
370
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Batea comes from Spanish and Portuguese and originally meant a shallow 'pan' or 'tray', which is why miners use a batea as a wide, shallow pan to wash soil and let heavy gold sink to the bottom.