BAUXITE
Dictionary entry overview: What does bauxite mean? • BAUXITE (noun)
The noun BAUXITE has 1 sense:
1. a clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst
Familiarity information: BAUXITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BAUXITE (noun)
Meaning:
A clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("bauxite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "bauxite"):
Al; aluminium; aluminum; atomic number 13 (a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite)
atomic number 31; Ga; gallium (a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores)
gibbsite (white crystalline mineral consisting of aluminum hydroxide; a constituent of bauxite and a source of alumina)
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