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Word: Bauxite
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from French, from Les Baux (the name of a village near Arles in SE France, near which it was first found) + -ite
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbɔːksʌɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an amorphous clayey rock that is the chief commercial ore of aluminium. It consists largely of hydrated alumina with variable proportions of iron oxides.
Short Definition:amorphous clayey rock that is chief commercial ore of aluminium
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