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bauxite

Syllables: bau·xiteUK/ˈbɔːksaɪt//ˈbɔːksaɪt/

bauxite noun: the principal ore of aluminium; a clay-like mineral, being a mixture of hydrated oxides and hydroxides.

bauxite: the principal ore of aluminium; a clay-like mineral, being a mixture of hydrated oxides and...
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Noun

bauxite (countable and uncountable, plural bauxites)

  1. The principal ore of aluminium; a clay-like mineral, being a mixture of hydrated oxides and hydroxides.
    • A thin red stream poured down one of the rises, snaking its way around trees; a river turned red with bauxite?2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 152

bauxite meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Tagalog and Malay

bauxite in Tamil

பாக்சைட்டு, பாக்சைட், போட்சைற்று

bauxite in Malayalam

ore
ബോക്സൈറ്റ് bōksaiṟṟŭ

bauxite in Tagalog

ore
bawhita

bauxite in Malay

ore
bauksit
More languagesFewer languages
bauxite in Thai
บ็อกไซต์ bòksai

Forms of bauxite

pluralbauxites

Origin of bauxite

Derived from the name of Les Baux in France, plus + -ite. The /ks/ in the English pronunciation is from a spelling pronunciation.

Words formed from bauxite

Questions about bauxite

What does bauxite mean?
Bauxite means the principal ore of aluminium; a clay-like mineral, being a mixture of hydrated oxides and hydroxides.
What is bauxite in Tamil?
Bauxite in Tamil is பாக்சைட்டு, பாக்சைட், போட்சைற்று. See Bauxite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bauxite?
Bauxite is a noun.
How do you pronounce bauxite?
Bauxite is pronounced /ˈbɔːksaɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of bauxite?
The plural of bauxite is bauxites.

Words near bauxite in the dictionary

  1. Bautzen
  2. bauvericin
  3. Baux
  4. Baux score
  5. Baux scores
  6. bauxite
  7. bauxites
  8. bauxitic
  9. Bauza
  10. Bauzas
  11. Bav

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bauxite (page history and authors); bauxite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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