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nonmineral

nonmineral adjective: not mineral.

Adjective

nonmineral (not comparable)

  1. Not mineral.
    • In April 2004, the Food and Drug Administration said it had received 260 reports of deaths associated with herbs and other nonvitamin, nonmineral supplements since 1989.2007 January 16, Dan Hurley, “Diet Supplements and Safety: Some Disquieting Data”, in New York Times

Noun

nonmineral (plural nonminerals)

  1. Any substance that is not a mineral.

Forms of nonmineral

pluralnonminerals

Origin of nonmineral

From non- + mineral.

Questions about nonmineral

What does nonmineral mean?
Nonmineral means not mineral.
What part of speech is nonmineral?
Nonmineral can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonmineral in the dictionary

  1. nonmillionaire
  2. nonmillionaires
  3. nonmimetic
  4. nonmined
  5. nonminer
  6. nonmineral
  7. nonmineralized
  8. nonmineralizing
  9. nonmineralogical
  10. nonminerals
  11. nonminers

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