sluice-box

A form of sluice box — A box with riffles along the bottom, used to trap heavier gold particles as water washes them and the other material along the box.

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Meanings

nounsluice-box (plural sluice-boxes)

plural sluice-boxes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of sluice box.
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APA

sluice-box. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sluice-box

MLA

“sluice-box.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sluice-box. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sluice-box,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sluice-box.

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