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kobalt

kobalt is the obsolete form of cobalt.

Meaning of cobalt

Noun

cobalt (usually uncountable, plural cobalts)

  1. (usually) A chemical element (symbol Co) with an atomic number of 27: a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal.
  2. (usually) Cobalt blue.
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Questions about kobalt

What is kobalt the obsolete form of?
Kobalt is the obsolete form of cobalt.

Words near kobalt in the dictionary

  1. koba
  2. Kobabe
  3. Kobach
  4. kobald
  5. kobalds
  6. kobalt
  7. koban
  8. Kobane
  9. kobang
  10. kobangs
  11. kobans

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