mullock

Plural: mullocks

Noun

• Waste earth or rock removed from a mine.
• Rubbish, waste matter.
• Mining waste or ore processing waste:
• Overburden: waste material generated while searching for minerals or while mining, such as when sinking a shaft.
• Mining waste or ore processing waste:
• Tailings: waste rock from which the wanted gold, minerals, opal, etc., has been extracted.
• Nonsense, rubbish.
• A mess; the result of a blunder.

Verb

• To clear waste material out of a mine.

Examples

• He sorted through the ’mullock’ of his tiles, searching for a hidden gem of a word.

Related Words

MULLOCKY