buddle

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US/ˈbəd.əl/

noun

An apparatus on which crushed ore is washed.

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Meanings

buddle1

nounbuddle (plural buddles)

plural buddles

  1. An apparatus on which crushed ore is washed.
verbbuddle (third-person singular simple present buddles, present participle buddling, simple past and past participle buddled)

present singular third person buddles · participle present buddling · participle past buddled · past buddled

  1. transitiveTo wash (ore) in a buddle.

Buddle2

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Origin

Compare German butteln (“to shake”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with buddle

puddlecuddlehuddlemuddleruddlefuddlecruddleguddleLemnian ruddlescuddlespuddle
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Cite this entry
APA

buddle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buddle

MLA

“buddle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buddle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buddle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buddle.

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