SILEX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Silex mean? 

• SILEX (noun)
  The noun SILEX has 2 senses:

1. a pure form of finely ground silica

2. a vacuum coffee maker

  Familiarity information: SILEX used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SILEX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pure form of finely ground silica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

silica; silicon dioxide; silicon oxide (a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A vacuum coffee maker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

coffee maker (a kitchen appliance for brewing coffee automatically)

Domain usage:

trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)