mineral /minˈə-rəl/

1. Any of various classes of inorganic substances, esp solid, naturally occurring and crystalline in form
2. A substance obtained by mining
3. Ore
4. A substance neither animal nor vegetable
5. A mine (Shakespeare)
6. A poison (Shakespeare)
7. A mineral water (in a wide sense)

1. Relating to minerals
2. Having the nature of minerals
3. (esp of water) impregnated with minerals
4. Of inorganic substance or nature

minˈeralist noun

A person with a specialist knowledge of minerals, a mineralogist

mineralizāˈtion or mineralisāˈtion noun

minˈeralize or minˈeralise transitive verb

1. To make into a mineral
2. To give the properties of a mineral to
3. To go looking for and examining minerals

mineralīz'er or mineralīs'er noun

1. A person who, or that which, mineralizes
2. An element, eg sulphur, that combines with a metal to form an ore
3. A gas or vapour that promotes the crystallizing out of minerals from an igneous magma

mineralogˈical adjective

Relating to mineralogy

mineralogˈically adverb

mineralˈogist noun

A person skilled or trained in mineralogy

mineralogize or mineralogise /-alˈ/ intransitive verb

To collect or study minerals

mineralˈogy noun

The science of minerals

mineral alkali noun (obsolete)

Sodium carbonate

mineral caoutchouc noun

Elaterite

mineral coal noun

Coal in the ordinary sense, distinguished from charcoal

mineral jelly noun

A soft yellow substance resembling soft soap, obtained from the less volatile residue of petroleum

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