Hoppers
[hɒpəz]
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. Hop-scotch, scotch-hoppers.
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Examples
- The scales are set according to the chemist's weighing orders, and the material is fed into the scales from the hoppers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- When the sand is mixed it is dropped through holes in the floor into the hoppers, which deposit the sand on the bench convenient for the core-maker. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Coal cars are dumped into hoppers under the tracks and the coal carried to the top of the piles by conveyors. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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