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blendes

blendes is the plural of blende.

Meaning of blende

Noun

blende (countable and uncountable, plural blendes)

  1. sphalerite (a naturally-occurring sulfide of zinc)
    • The procedure up here with ordinary local zinc blende had been straightforward—first you got the sulfur to go off by roasting the blende to zinc oxide, and then you reduced the oxide to zinc metal.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 310

Phrases with blendes

Questions about blendes

What is blendes the plural of?
Blendes is the plural of blende.

Words near blendes in the dictionary

  1. blenderized
  2. blenderizes
  3. blenderizing
  4. blenders
  5. blendery
  6. blendes
  7. blendest
  8. blendeth
  9. blending
  10. blending in
  11. blending inheritance

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