HEAVY SPAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heavy spar mean? 

• HEAVY SPAR (noun)
  The noun HEAVY SPAR has 1 sense:

1. a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium

  Familiarity information: HEAVY SPAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEAVY SPAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

barite; barium sulphate; barytes; heavy spar

Hypernyms ("heavy spar" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "heavy spar"):

atomic number 56; Ba; barium (a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite)