chert
/t͡ʃɜːt/US/t͡ʃɝt/
chert noun: massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.
Noun
chert (countable and uncountable, plural cherts)
- Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.
- A flint-like tool made from chert.
chert meaning in Tamil
chert in Tamil
- தீப்படிகக் கல்
Forms of chert
| plural | cherts |
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Origin of chert
Unknown.
Words formed from chert
Words that rhyme with chert
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- pervert
- advert
- alert
- divert
- inert
- avert
- concert
- deconvert
- girt
- lirt
- shirt
- spurt
- subvert
- vert
- wort
- blurt
- curt
- desert
- dessert
- exert
- introvert
- Leaving Cert
- overt
- red alert
- sturt
- wert
- ambivert
- ambiverts
- apert
- Baie Verte
- begirt
- BERT
- birt
- dissert
- extrovert
- gert
- gurt
- insert
- Kurt
- pirate shirt
- poet shirt
- puffball skirt
- quirt
- reassert
- smirt
- unalert
- unhurt
- wedding shirt
Questions about chert
- What does chert mean?
- Chert means massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.
- What is chert in Tamil?
- Chert in Tamil is தீப்படிகக் கல். See Chert meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is chert?
- Chert is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chert?
- Chert is pronounced /t͡ʃɜːt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of chert?
- The plural of chert is cherts.
Words near chert in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chert (page history and authors); chert (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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