| 单词 | reduction works |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreduction works reduction works n. (a) a works for the reduction or smelting of metallic ore; (b) a municipal incinerator (rare). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with metal > [noun] > for reducing ore reduction works1825 reducing works1860 1825 H. English Gen. Guide Companies working Foreign Mines 101 In the neighbourhood are various reduction works, the population of which alone mounts to from 9 to 10,000. 1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 26 During one month when all the reduction works were producing. 1894 G. M. Gould Illustr. Dict. Med. Reduction works, a cremating establishment for disposing of the filth and refuse matter of a city. 1987 Mining Mag. (Nexis) Aug. 107 At the Anaconda Reduction Works it is planned to begin the processing operation with 100 t[ons]/d[ay] expanding to 400 t/d. < as lemmas |
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