meteorite
Syllables: me·te·or·iteUK/ˈmiː.tɪ.ə.ɹaɪt//ˈmi.ti.əˌɹaɪt/
meteorite noun: a metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteoroid.
Noun
meteorite (plural meteorites)
- A metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteoroid.
- The Vestan, Lunar, and Martian meteorites are achondrites.2011, Dieter Rehder, Chemistry in Space
- Approximately 1.25 miles of Virginia Highway 58 was rerouted to merge with US Highway 25E south of the gap. This photograph shows the phenomenon of the “fogfall,” when fog trapped in the meteorite crater of Middlesboro escapes […]2014, Martha Evans Wiley, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, page 117
meteorite meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
meteorite in Hindi
- remains of a meteor
- उल्कापिंड ulkāpiṇḍ
meteorite in Tamil
- remains of a meteor
- விண்வீழ்கல் viṇvīḻkal, விண்கல் viṇkal, எரிகல் erikal
meteorite in Marathi
- उल्कापिंड, उल्कापिंडा, उल्कापिंडाचा
meteorite in Urdu
- remains of a meteor
- شِہابی پَتَّھر śihābī patthar
More languagesFewer languages
- meteorite in Bengali
- উল্কাপিণ্ড ulkapinḍo
- meteorite in Telugu
- ఉల్క, మెటోరైట్, ఉల్కాపాతం
- meteorite in Malayalam
- ഉൽക്കാശില, ഉൽക്ക
- meteorite in Kannada
- ಉಲ್ಕೆ, ಉಲ್ಕಾಪಿಂಡ
- meteorite in Punjabi
- ਉਲਕਾ ਪਿੰਡ ulakā piṇḍ
- meteorite in Gujarati
- ઉલ્કાપિંડ, ઉલ્કાપિંડી
- meteorite in Odia
- ଉଲ୍କା ପିଣ୍ଡ, ଉଲ୍କାପିଣ୍ଡ, ଉଲ୍କାପିଂଡ
- meteorite in Sinhala
- උල්කාෂ්ම ulkāṣma
- meteorite in Nepali
- उल्कापिंड, उल्कापिण्ड
- meteorite in Tagalog
- bulalato, meteorita
- meteorite in Arabic
- حَجَر نَيْزَكِيّ ḥajar nayzakiyy
- meteorite in Malay
- meteorit
- meteorite in Indonesian
- meteorit
- meteorite in Thai
- อุกกาบาต ùk-gaa-bàat
- meteorite in Vietnamese
- thiên thạch, vẫn thạch
- meteorite in Myanmar
- ဥက္ကာခဲ ukkahkai:
Examples of meteorite in a sentence
- A large meteorite impact would cause worldwide extinction of life.
- Meteorites contain a wide range of organic compounds.
- Irons and stony irons can be much larger than stony meteorites and are much more visually striking, but make up only a few percent of all meteorites.
Forms of meteorite
| plural | meteorites |
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Origin of meteorite
From meteor + -ite.
Words formed from meteorite
Questions about meteorite
- What does meteorite mean?
- Meteorite means a metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteoroid.
- What is meteorite in Hindi?
- Meteorite in Hindi is उल्कापिंड (ulkāpiṇḍ). See Meteorite meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is meteorite?
- Meteorite is a noun.
- How do you pronounce meteorite?
- Meteorite is pronounced /ˈmiː.tɪ.ə.ɹaɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of meteorite?
- The plural of meteorite is meteorites.
Words near meteorite in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: meteorite (page history and authors); meteorite (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); meteorite (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); meteorite (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); meteorite (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); meteorite (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); meteorite (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); meteorite (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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