comminutorn.

Etymology: Agent-noun, in Latin form, < comminuĕre to comminute v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcomminutor.

1. An implement for pulverizing the soil after ploughing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > hammer or implement for breaking clods

plough beetlea1325

plough-mella1475

clotting-mall1483

plough maula1500

clotting-beetle1620

clod-mall1794

comminutor1859

1859 Jrnl. Agric. Soc. 20 i. 182 The land is previously ploughed, and then follows ‘the comminutor’.

2. A device for reducing the size of solid particles in sewage, consisting of a vertical slotted metal drum that rotates against one or more fixed cutting edges.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > sewage treatment > [noun] > apparatus for sewage treatment

septic tank1896

percolating filter1901

contact bed1902

trickling filter1903

bacteria bed1913

sedimentation tank1920

septic1929

comminutor1939

1939 T. H. P. Veal Disposal of Sewage (ed. 2) iv. 52 A comminutor is an instrument for cutting up the coarser solids in sewage so that they may be removed in the form of sludge in a sedimentation tank.

1962 Engineering 8 June 745/2 Domestic sewage and trade waste passes through comminutors where solids are macerated and passed forward to treatment.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	comminutor
释义	comminutorn. Etymology: Agent-noun, in Latin form, < comminuĕre to comminute v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcomminutor. 1. An implement for pulverizing the soil after ploughing. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > hammer or implement for breaking clods plough beetlea1325 plough-mella1475 clotting-mall1483 plough maula1500 clotting-beetle1620 clod-mall1794 comminutor1859 1859 Jrnl. Agric. Soc. 20 i. 182 The land is previously ploughed, and then follows ‘the comminutor’. 2. A device for reducing the size of solid particles in sewage, consisting of a vertical slotted metal drum that rotates against one or more fixed cutting edges. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > sewage treatment > [noun] > apparatus for sewage treatment septic tank1896 percolating filter1901 contact bed1902 trickling filter1903 bacteria bed1913 sedimentation tank1920 septic1929 comminutor1939 1939 T. H. P. Veal Disposal of Sewage (ed. 2) iv. 52 A comminutor is an instrument for cutting up the coarser solids in sewage so that they may be removed in the form of sludge in a sedimentation tank. 1962 Engineering 8 June 745/2 Domestic sewage and trade waste passes through comminutors where solids are macerated and passed forward to treatment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1859
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