BAUXITE

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 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)

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

bauxitic (resembling or containing bauxite)

 Context examples 

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.

(Gallium, NCI Thesaurus)