Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A machine for mixing cement, sand, crushed or broken stone, and water in varying proportions for making concrete.
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Examples
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He ran the next light and just barely squeezed between an oncoming Jeep and a concrete-mixer truck.
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He ran the next light and just barely squeezed between an oncoming Jeep and a concrete-mixer truck.
Pop Goes The Weasel Patterson, James, 1947- 1999
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He ran the next light and just barely squeezed between an oncoming Jeep and a concrete-mixer truck.
Pop Goes the Weasel Patterson, James, 1947- 1999
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With a concrete-mixer, the filling process is reversed: the water is put in first, then the cement is added, followed by the sand (if any) and finally the earth.
Chapter 7 1998
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Mixing can be done using a planetary or linear mixer or even with a simple concrete-mixer.
Chapter 7 1998
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For the first time we had an aircraft in the Persian Gulf that was really designed to carry heavy commercial loads; we could take a motor pump out four hundred miles into the desert, or a concrete-mixer, or a truck.
ROUND THE BEND Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951
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On passing out of No. 1 and proceeding to the succeeding building is noticed, between the two, a garage of ample dimensions and a smaller structure, at the door of which stands a concrete-mixer.
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On passing out of No. 1 and proceeding to the succeeding building is noticed, between the two, a garage of ample dimensions and a smaller structure, at the door of which stands a concrete-mixer.
Edison, His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer 1905
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The concrete generally is produced in a concrete plant and is transported to work sites by concrete-mixer trucks where it is used in various types of construction projects, including buildings and roads.
USDOJ: Justice News 2010
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Oshkosh manufactures a broad range of specialty vehicles, including military, fire, concrete-mixer and refuse trucks, as well as aerial work platforms.
JSOnline.com 2010
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