| NOUN | object | meteorite | stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface |
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| Sounds | miy'tiyaoray.t | |
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| Rhymes | acolyte ... write: 181 rhymes with ayt... | |
| Meaning | stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface. | |
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| Narrower | aerolite | A stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals |
| micrometeorite, micrometeoroid, micrometeor | A meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere | |
| pallasite | A meteorite composed principally of olivine and metallic iron | |
| siderite | A meteorite consisting principally of nickel and iron | |
| Broader | meteoroid, meteor | (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere |
| Spanish | meteorito | |
| Catalan | meteorit | |
| Adjectives | meteoritic, meteoritical | of or relating to or caused by meteorites |
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