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halites

halites is the plural of halite.

Meaning of halite

Noun

halite (countable and uncountable, plural halites)

  1. Native salt; sodium chloride NaCl as a mineral; rock salt.
    • The surface of halite was always sort of trippy, he thought, like a hallucinogen.2023, H. Gareth Gavin, Never Was, Cipher Press, page 189
  2. An oxyanion containing a halogen in the +3 oxidation state.

Questions about halites

What is halites the plural of?
Halites is the plural of halite.

Words near halites in the dictionary

  1. halirifts
  2. halisaurine
  3. halisaurines
  4. halistatic
  5. halite
  6. halites
  7. halitic
  8. halitophobia
  9. halitoses
  10. halitosis
  11. halitotic

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