silicatenoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈsɪl.ɪ.kət/us/ˈsɪl.ə.kət/any of a large number of common minerals formed of silica, oxygen, and one or more other elements
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Geology: mineralogy
- concentrate
- crude
- crystal
- crystalline
- deposit
- fool's gold
- gold dust
- golden
- graphite
- like gold dust idiom
- magnesium
- mica
- mineral
- mineralogist
- mineralogy
- nugget
- pyrite
- seam
- silicon