mineral
mineral is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb, adjective, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An inorganic species or substance occurring in nature, having a definite chemical composition and usually a distinct crystalline form. Rocks, except certain glassy igneous forms, are either simple minerals or aggregates of minerals. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- intransitive verb. An inorganic species or substance occurring in nature, having a definite chemical composition and usually a distinct crystalline form. Rocks, except certain glassy igneous forms, are either simple minerals or aggregates of minerals.
- intransitive verb. A mine.
- intransitive verb. Anything which is neither animal nor vegetable, as in the most general classification of things into three kingdoms (animal, vegetable, and mineral).
- adjective. Of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or of minerals; as, a mineral substance.
- adjective. Impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters.
- noun. solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
- adjective. composed of matter other than plant or animal
"the inorganic mineral world"
- adjective. relating to minerals
"mineral elements"
"mineral deposits"
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in mineral:
lairmen, manlier, marline, railmen, ramline
Common word forms
minerals, mineralise, mineralize
Words from these letters
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