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Word: Spinel
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 16th century: from French spinelle, from Italian spinella, diminutive of spina ‘thorn’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
spɪˈnɛl
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈspɪn(ə)l
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a hard glassy mineral occurring as octahedral crystals of variable colour and consisting chiefly of magnesium and aluminium oxides.
Short Definition:hard glassy mineral occurring as octahedral crystals of variable colour and consisting chiefly of magnesium and aluminium oxides
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