NOUN | substance | bauxite | a clay-like mineral |
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Sounds | bao'ksayt | |
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Rhymes | acolyte ... write: 181 rhymes with ayt... |
Meaning | A clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst. | |
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Broader | mineral | Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition |
Substances | aluminum, aluminium, Al, atomic number 13 | A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite |
gallium, Ga, atomic number 31 | A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element | |
gibbsite | white crystalline mineral consisting of aluminum hydroxide | |
Spanish | bauxita | |
Catalan | bauxita | |
Adjectives | bauxitic | resembling or containing bauxite |
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