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minerals

minerals is the plural of mineral.

Meaning of mineral

Noun

mineral (plural minerals)

  1. Any naturally occurring solid material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties; especially, an inorganic and crystalline one.
    • The physiology of matter in the abstract is dynamical, that of mineral species is both dynamical and chemical, while that of organized forms is at once dynamical, chemical, and biotical.1883, Science, volumes 1-2, page 279
  2. Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable).
  3. (nutrition) Any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition.
  4. (UK) Mineral water.
  5. (Ireland, Nigeria, South Africa, informal) A soft drink, particularly a single serve bottle or can.
  6. (obsolete) A mine or mineral deposit.
    • O'er whom his very madness, like some ore / Among a mineral of metals base, / Shows itself pure;c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

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Noun

minerals pl (plural only)

  1. (dated, euphemistic, plural, plural-only, slang) Testicles, balls, especially in the figurative sense of nerve or courage.
    • He wouldn't mess with me. He hasn't got the minerals.

Phrases with minerals

Questions about minerals

What does minerals mean?
Minerals means testicles, balls, especially in the figurative sense of nerve or courage.
What is minerals the plural of?
Minerals is the plural of mineral.
What part of speech is minerals?
Minerals is a noun.

Words near minerals in the dictionary

  1. mineralogy
  2. mineraloid
  3. mineraloids
  4. mineralomass
  5. mineralomasses
  6. minerals
  7. mineratrophic
  8. mineries
  9. Minero
  10. minerocorticoid
  11. minerocorticoids

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