Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A unit of weight employed in Mexico chiefly for ore under the process of amalgamation. It varies greatly in different mining districts, being at Guanajuato 3,200 Spanish pounds, and in some other localities only 1,800.
Duport. - n. In mining, a heap or pile of ore.
Wiktionary
- n. mining A heap of ore; a mass undergoing the process of amalgamation.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Mining) A heap of ore; a mass undergoing the process of amalgamation.
Etymologies
- Spanish (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Students building our “monton de compost” in their schoolyard.”
“Hola, tengo la version de tinapos 0.14, con un monton de productos y ventas hechas.”
“Fine, post nekredeblaj suferoj, la restajxo de la dekmil soldatoj alvenis sur monton, kaj ekvidis la maron.”
“[361-*] "Y que le sacrificassen un perro o un hombre ... porque hazian en el patio del templo un gran monton de piedras y ponian al hombre o perro que avian de sacrificiar en alguna cosa mas alta que el.”
“El handbook sa her concluido jeriayer: abora principia el trabajo: Tengo benho un monton de papel acombroso.”
“Las propiedades representan simplemente un monton de datos almacenados en el disco, como un archivo de sonido o una imagen.”
“Say, didn't you used to be the Ed - monton Oilers?”
“Me han hecho esta pregunta un monton de veces, y buscando información sobre la creación de juegos en flash he encontrado estos”
“Just another example why the city is often called "Dead-monton".”
“Colorado improved to a staggering 9-1-2 on Tuesday night with a workmanlike 3-0 victory over Ed-monton at Rexall Place, with Craig Anderson making 25 saves to get his second shutout of the season as the Oilers went 0-for-3 on the power play.”
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