tailings
- noun
- /ˈteɪlɪŋz/
- Specialized
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estériles
- The mining company stored the tailings in a large pond to prevent environmental contamination.
Examples
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THEY PROCESSED THE DIRT AND LEFT THE TAILINGS IN WIDE ARCS BEHIND.
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WITH THE D10 FINALLY FIXED, ANDY GETS STARTED MOVING THE OLD TAILINGS AT CALDER CREEK.
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TODD NOW HAS TO MOVE TAILINGS 6 FEET DEEP FROM AN AREA THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL FIELD TO GET DOWN TO THE VIRGIN GROUND.
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RAY BELIEVES UNDERNEATH THE OLD DREDGED TAILINGS, THERE IS GOOD SIDE PAY.
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THEY THOUGHT THAT THE TAILINGS THAT GOT STUCK OUT OVER HERE WAS FROM THE DREDGE.
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THIS IS ALL DREDGE SLICKINGS AND DREDGE TAILINGS.
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TAILINGS REVEGETATION
Academic text (2001) -
AT QUARTZ CREEK, ANDY SPINKS HAS WORKED THROUGH THE NIGHT TO STRIP THE TAILINGS ON THEIR NEW CALDER CREEK CUT.
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ANDY SPINKS PLANS TO WORK ALL NIGHT, STRIPPING DREDGE TAILINGS AT CALDER CREEK.
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After extracting gold from the ore, they piled the tailings aside for proper disposal.
Synonyms
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9.9
A large pile of waste left from a coal mine
Leftover material from a process such as mining
How Messy
Surface Forms
Morphology
tailings = tailing (semi-transparent) = tail + ing + s
The plural formation from the noun 'tailing' is a regular and transparent morphological process.
Etymology
The word tailings comes from tail, which means the 'end' or 'back' part of something, and in mining it names the rock and mud left over after the valuable minerals are taken out. So, thinking of tailings as the 'tail' of the ore helps you remember they are the leftover waste after extraction.