Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A unit of weight employed in Mexico chiefly for ore under the process of amalgamation.
- noun In mining, a heap or pile of ore.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mining) A heap of ore; a mass undergoing the process of amalgamation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mining A
heap ofore ; amass undergoing the process ofamalgamation .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word monton.
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.
Openbravo has acquired Librepos Adri 2007
-
Fine, post nekredeblaj suferoj, la restajxo de la dekmil soldatoj alvenis sur monton, kaj ekvidis la maron.
A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922
-
[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.
George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Clement King Shorter 1891
-
Las propiedades representan simplemente un monton de datos almacenados en el disco, como un archivo de sonido o una imagen.
KDE UserBase - Recent changes [en] Galileopy 2010
-
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
Teimagino.com 2009
-
Just another example why the city is often called "Dead-monton".
Kuklas Korner 2009
-
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.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.