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silex

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si·lex  (slks)
n.
1. Silica.
2. Finely ground tripoli used as an inert paint filler.
[Latin, hard stone, flint.]
silex [ˈsaɪlɛks]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) a type of heat-resistant glass made from fused quartz
[from Latin: hard stone, flint]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.silex - a pure form of finely ground silica
silica, silicon dioxide, silicon oxide - a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite
2.Silex - a vacuum coffee maker
coffee maker - a kitchen appliance for brewing coffee automatically
trademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product


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The large walls of silex tottered and fell upon the sand, and the sand itself, an instrument of pain when launched from its hard bed, riddled the faces with its myriad cutting atoms.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Nor had those antagonistic forces been dormant, which are always at work wearing down the surface of the land; the great piles of strata had been intersected by many wide valleys, and the trees now changed into silex, were exposed projecting from the volcanic soil, now changed into rock, whence formerly, in a green and budding state, they had raised their lofty heads.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
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