sweepings in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for sweepings in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.sweeping [Brit ˈswiːpɪŋ, Am ˈswipɪŋ] ADJ

1. sweeping (wide, far-reaching):

sweeping change, reform, review

radicale, di vasta portata

sweeping legislation

onnicomprensivo

sweeping power

assoluto

sweeping cut, reduction

considerevole

sweeping victory

schiacciante, assoluto

sweeping gains, losses POL

considerevole aumento, perdita di voti

2. sweeping (over-general):

sweeping assertion, statement

generico, di carattere generale

sweeping generalization

generalizzazione onnicomprensiva

3. sweeping:

sweeping movement, gesture, curve

ampio

sweeping bow, curtsy

profondo

sweeping glance

panoramico

sweeping skirt

che tocca per terra

II.sweepings N

sweepings npl:

sweepings

briciole f

sweepings

spazzatura f

sweepings in the PONS Dictionary

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the sweepings of society

i rifiuti della societá

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the sweepings of society

i rifiuti della societá

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English

One of the country's biggest street cleaning firms has announced it is to "mine" the sweepings it collects from roads and pavements, in search of gold and other precious metals.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Everything gets thrown into their cauldron, including sweepings from the jewellery store floor and spare material from the dentist's cupboard.

www.thestar.com

The company believes it may even find traces of gold and silver in the sweepings, as tiny fragments can rub off clothes, shoes and jewellery.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Following a devastating 1937 flood, the walls were raised again with more concrete and backfilled with a variety of materials, including coal dust and street sweepings.

www.lfpress.com

Instead, the site would house "low-level" waste such as ashes from incinerated mop heads, paper towels and floor sweepings.

www.citynews.ca

He also spreads the sweepings and unsaleable leftovers from his barley crop on his fields in winter and believes this may have helped attract the birds.

www.telegraph.co.uk

It could be dishwater seasoned with floor sweepings, for all she cared.

www.huffingtonpost.com

More than 90 per cent of our street sweepings don't go to landfill any more -- some contain valuable metals such as platinum and palladium from catalytic converters, for example.

www.telegraph.co.uk

I have a 300g /month prescription, so even at their lowest advertised price (do some research... you get floor sweepings for $3/g) that would equal $900 per month plus shipping.

www.cantechletter.com

After the booze is guzzled, the bands pack up, street barricades come down and the armies of mechanical and human street sweepers have swept their sweepings.

magicvalley.com