Word.ws English Dictionary

mineralizer

mineralizer noun: an element which is combined with a metal to form an ore.

Noun

mineralizer (plural mineralizers)

  1. An element which is combined with a metal to form an ore.
    • In galena, or lead ore, sulphur is a mineralizer; in hematite, oxygen is a mineralizer.
  2. A volatile or other substance, such as water, that facilitates the recrystallization of rocks.

Forms of mineralizer

pluralmineralizers

Origin of mineralizer

From mineralize + -er.

Words formed from mineralizer

Questions about mineralizer

What does mineralizer mean?
Mineralizer means an element which is combined with a metal to form an ore.
What part of speech is mineralizer?
Mineralizer is a noun.
What is the plural of mineralizer?
The plural of mineralizer is mineralizers.

Words near mineralizer in the dictionary

  1. mineralizates
  2. mineralization
  3. mineralizations
  4. mineralize
  5. mineralized
  6. mineralizer
  7. mineralizers
  8. mineralizes
  9. mineralizing
  10. minerall
  11. mineralls

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mineralizer (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “mineralizer.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/mineralizer. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.