Silicate

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  • noun. Any of numerous compounds containing silicon, oxygen, and one or more metals; a salt of silicic acid.
  • noun. Any of a large group of minerals, forming over 90 percent of the earth's crust, that consist of SiO2 or SiO4 groupings combined with one or more metals and sometimes hydrogen.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A salt of silicic acid.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A salt of silicic acid.
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  • noun. Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates
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  • noun. a salt or ester derived from silicic acid
    • Word Usage
    "“Clay” as a mineral refers to a “cousin” of micas; that is, a silicate mineral containing structural sheets of silica tetrahedra tetrahedral arrangements of one Si and 4 Oxygen atoms, with the Oxygen atoms at the 4 corners."
    cross-reference
    silicate cotton  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    salt  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    aluminosilicate  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aluminate  bicarbonate  bisulphate  borate  bromide  
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