Definition of Screenings

1. n. pl. The refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.

Definition of Screenings

1. Noun. (plural of screening) ¹

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Definition of Screenings

1. screening [n] - See also: screening

Lexicographical Neighbors of Screenings

screenees
screener
screeners
screenful
screenfuls
screengrab
screengrabs
screenie
screenies
screening
screening audiometry
screening length
screening room
screening smoke
screening test
screenings (current term)
screenland
screenlands
screenless
screenlike
screenname
screennames
screenplay
screenplays
screenprint
screenprints
screenreader
screenreaders
screenreading
screens

Literary usage of Screenings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report by Illinois Highway Commission (1908)
"screenings OR BINDER COURSE. After the last or second course is spread and ... Each shovelful of screenings should be spread in such a manner that it will ..."

2. American Sewerage Practice by Leonard. Metcalf, Harrison Prescott Eddy (1915)
"The screenings averaged 8.8 cu. ft. per 1000000 gal. ranging from 4.8 to 13.1 ... When the latter was clean, the amount of screenings was often very small, ..."

3. A Treatise on Concrete, Plain and Reinforced: Materials, Construction, and by Frederick Winslow Taylor, Sanford Eleazer Thompson, René Feret, William Barnard Fuller, Frank Pape McKibben, Spencer Baird Newberry (1916)
"Fine aggregates of limestone composition, either sand or screenings, ... BROKEN STONE screenings The relative strength of mortars made from sand and from ..."

4. A Treatise on Concrete, Plain and Reinforced: Materials, Construction, and by Frederick Winslow Taylor, Sanford Eleazer Thompson, René Feret, William Barnard Fuller, Frank Pape McKibben, Spencer Baird Newberry (1909)
"BROKEN STONE screenings t The relative strength of mortars made from sand and from screenings of broken stone or crusher dust has occasioned much discussion ..."

5. Sheep Farming in America by Joseph Elwyn Wing (1909)
"Feeding his own crops he runs small risk of loss in his operations FEEDING MILL screenings. Minnesota is the great state at present for feeding screenings. ..."

6. American Highway Engineers' Handbook by Arthur Horace Blanchard (1919)
"After the second course of stone has been properly rolled, the screenings shall be spread from piles dumped alongside the road. It will require from 4 to 5 ..."

7. Notes on Metallurgical Mill Construction by Walter Renton Ingalls (1906)
"LIMESTONE screenings FOR USE IN CONCRETE (September 1, 1904) The advisability of using stone-crusher dust as a substitute for sand in the aggregate for ..."

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