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NEPHELITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nephelite mean?
• NEPHELITE (noun)
The noun NEPHELITE has 1 sense:
1. a whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form; used in the manufacture of ceramics and enamels
Familiarity information: NEPHELITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form; used in the manufacture of ceramics and enamels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
nepheline; nephelite
Hypernyms ("nephelite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Holonyms ("nephelite" is a substance of...):
nephelinite (an igneous rock consisting of nepheline and pyroxene)
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