| NOUN | substance | silicon carbide | an extremely hard blue-black crystalline compound (SiC) used as an abrasive and a heat refractory material |
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| Meaning | An extremely hard blue-black crystalline compound (SiC) used as an abrasive and a heat refractory material; crystals of silicon carbide can be used as semiconductors. | |
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| Broader | carbide | A binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element |
| Spanish | carburo de silicio | |
| Catalan | carborúndum | |
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