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asbestite

asbestite noun: a synthetic insulating material similar to bronzite.

Noun

asbestite (uncountable)

  1. A synthetic insulating material similar to bronzite.
    • This company also exhibits fine specimens of Asbestite (the new insulating material), asbestos varnish, paint, millboard, paper, cloth, tape, and a variety of other articles at once useful and interesting.1883, Lawrence Saunders, editor, The Railway Engineer, a Monthly Review, Theoretical and Practical, volume IV, The Railway Printing and Publishing Company (Limited), […], London, E.C., page 128
    • Handsome copper and silver ore and delicious-looking asbestite are to be found with scarcely straying from the road.1911, Stephen Graham, A Vagabond in the Caucasus: With Some Notes of His Experiences Among the Russians, page 192

Origin of asbestite

From asbestos + -ite.

Questions about asbestite

What does asbestite mean?
Asbestite means a synthetic insulating material similar to bronzite.
What part of speech is asbestite?
Asbestite is a noun.

Words near asbestite in the dictionary

  1. asbestinizing
  2. asbestise
  3. asbestised
  4. asbestises
  5. asbestising
  6. asbestite
  7. asbestization
  8. asbestize
  9. asbestized
  10. asbestizes
  11. asbestizing

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