feldspar (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *feldspar*:
NOUN	substance	feldspar, felspar	any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium

feldspar > pronunciation
Sounds	feh'ldspaa.r
Rhymes	Adar ... Zanzibar: 81 rhymes with aar...

English > *feldspar*: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaning	Any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium.
Synonym	felspar
Narrower	moonstone	A transparent or translucent gemstone with a pearly luster
	orthoclase	A white or colored monoclinic feldspar
	plagioclase, oligoclase	Any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks
Broader	spar	Any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
Substances	silicon, Si, atomic number 14	A tetravalent nonmetallic element
Spanish	feldespato
Catalan	feldspat

HyperDic: feldspar