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XENOLITH

Dictionary entry overview: What does xenolith mean?

• XENOLITH (noun)
The noun XENOLITH has 1 sense:

1. (geology) a piece of rock of different origin from the igneous rock in which it is embedded

Familiarity information: XENOLITH used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• XENOLITH (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(geology) a piece of rock of different origin from the igneous rock in which it is embedded

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("xenolith" is a kind of...):

rock; stone (a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter)

Domain category:

geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)

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