PITCHBLENDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pitchblende mean? 

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

1. a mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium; uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is the chief uranium ore

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PITCHBLENDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium; uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is the chief uranium ore

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

pitchblende; uraninite

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

uranium ore (any ore from which uranium can be extracted)

Meronyms (substance of "pitchblende"):

atomic number 92; U; uranium (a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons)