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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 oresplay

  Familiarity information: STAMP BATTERY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STAMP BATTERY (noun)


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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