lode

[ lohd ]

/ loʊd /

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noun

a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.

any body of ore set off from adjacent rock formations.

a rich supply or source.

British. a waterway or channel.

Origin of lode

before 900; Middle English; Old English lād way, course, carrying; cognate with Old Norse leith way, route, Old High German leita procession. See load, lade, lead¹

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH lode

load, lode

Words nearby lode

locutionary, locutionary act, locutorium, locutory, Lod, lode, loden, lodestar, lodestone, lodge, lodged

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Example sentences from the Web for lode

O'Hara has faded fast, but some of his best short stories are lode stars to me of what good fiction can do.
My Conversation with John Updike|Barbara Probst Solomon|January 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST
I give you my word, Slade, this is the only mine or lode of which I know.
Bloom of Cactus|Robert Ames Bennet
Your lode's about a hundred miles off yet, isn't it, Graham?
For the Allinson Honor|Harold Bindloss
Mebbe he believes that bunk about the lode being copper, and mebbe he don't.
Bloom of Cactus|Robert Ames Bennet

It took me half of the next day to locate the lode, and while I was pilin' the monuments I looked up and saw that villain, Jacks.
Motor Matt's Daring, or, True to His Friends|Stanley R. Matthews
There are no true walls nor can the ore be traced away from the hill in lode form.
Getting Gold|J. C. F. Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for lode

lode

/ (ləʊd) /

noun

a deposit of valuable ore occurring between definite limits in the surrounding rock; vein

a deposit of metallic ore filling a fissure in the surrounding rock

Word Origin for lode

Old English lād course. Compare load

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Scientific definitions for lode

lode

[ lōd ]

A vein of mineral ore that is deposited between clearly demarcated layers of rock or that fills a fissure in a rock formation.

单词	lode
释义	lode [ lohd ] / loʊd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lode ON THESAURUS.COM noun a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous. any body of ore set off from adjacent rock formations. a rich supply or source. British. a waterway or channel. Origin of lode before 900; Middle English; Old English lād way, course, carrying; cognate with Old Norse leith way, route, Old High German leita procession. See load, lade, lead¹ WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH lode load, lode Words nearby lode locutionary, locutionary act, locutorium, locutory, Lod, lode, loden, lodestar, lodestone, lodge, lodged Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lode O'Hara has faded fast, but some of his best short stories are lode stars to me of what good fiction can do. My Conversation with John Updike\|Barbara Probst Solomon\|January 29, 2009\|DAILY BEAST I give you my word, Slade, this is the only mine or lode of which I know. Bloom of Cactus\|Robert Ames Bennet Your lode's about a hundred miles off yet, isn't it, Graham? For the Allinson Honor\|Harold Bindloss Mebbe he believes that bunk about the lode being copper, and mebbe he don't. Bloom of Cactus\|Robert Ames Bennet It took me half of the next day to locate the lode, and while I was pilin' the monuments I looked up and saw that villain, Jacks. Motor Matt's Daring, or, True to His Friends\|Stanley R. Matthews There are no true walls nor can the ore be traced away from the hill in lode form. Getting Gold\|J. C. F. Johnson British Dictionary definitions for lode lode / (ləʊd) / noun a deposit of valuable ore occurring between definite limits in the surrounding rock; vein a deposit of metallic ore filling a fissure in the surrounding rock Word Origin for lode Old English lād course. Compare load Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lode vein, strike, mine, reef, fissure, lead Scientific definitions for lode lode [ lōd ] A vein of mineral ore that is deposited between clearly demarcated layers of rock or that fills a fissure in a rock formation. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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lode

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for lode

noun

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Scientific definitions for lode