bauxite

baux·ite  (bôkst)

n.

The principal ore of aluminum, composed mainly of hydrous aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides.

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[After Les Baux, a commune of southeast France.]

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baux·itic (-stk) adj.

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bauxite

Noun

a claylike substance that is the chief source of aluminium [(Les) Baux in southern France, where originally found]

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bauxite  (bôkst)

A soft, whitish to reddish-brown rock consisting mainly of hydrous aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides along with silica, silt, iron hydroxides, and clay minerals. Bauxite forms from the breakdown of clays and is a major source of aluminum.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bauxite - a clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst Al, aluminium, aluminum, atomic number 13 - a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite atomic number 31, gallium, Ga - a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition gibbsite - white crystalline mineral consisting of aluminum hydroxide; a constituent of bauxite and a source of alumina

Translations

bauxite [ˈbɔːksaɪt] n → bauxita

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bauxite [ˈbɔːksaɪt] n → bauxite f

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bauxite [ˈbɔːksaɪt] n → Bauxit m

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bauxite [ˈbɔːksaɪt] n → bauxite f