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Felspar

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Variant of feldspar.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Alternative spelling of feldspar.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. See feldspar.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Same as feldspar.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium

Word Usage

"From what has been said regarding the richness in potash of certain commonly occurring minerals, such as felspar, it is only natural to infer that most soils must contain large quantities of this substance; and this is so."

Equivalent

felspath

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

spar

Variant

feldspar

Hyponym

oligoclase plagioclase orthoclase moonstone

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

sienite feldspar hornblende gneiss chalcedony calcite citrine mica hematite carnelian