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ooid

UK/ˈəʊˌɔɪd/US/ˈoʊˌɔɪd/

ooid noun: a small calcium carbonate- or iron-coated grain found on the seafloor.

ooid: a small calcium carbonate- or iron-coated grain found on the seafloor
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Noun

ooid (plural ooids)

  1. A small calcium carbonate- or iron-coated grain found on the seafloor.
    Synonyms:
    oolith

Adjective

ooid (comparative more ooid, superlative most ooid)

  1. Shaped like an egg; ovoid; ovate.
    • One thinks of everything from amphitheaters like the Colosseum to Buckminster Fuller in his more ooid modes2001, George L. Hersey, The Monumental Impulse: Architecture's Biological Roots, page 152

ooid meaning in Bengali

ooid in Bengali

ডিমের মতো আকৃতিসম্পন্ন, ডিম্বাকার

Synonyms of ooid

Forms of ooid

Noun
pluralooids
Adjective
comparativemore ooid
superlativemost ooid

Origin of ooid

From oo- (“egg”) + -id.

Words formed from ooid

Questions about ooid

What does ooid mean?
Ooid means a small calcium carbonate- or iron-coated grain found on the seafloor.
What is ooid in Bengali?
Ooid in Bengali is ডিমের মতো আকৃতিসম্পন্ন, ডিম্বাকার. See Ooid meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is ooid?
Ooid can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce ooid?
Ooid is pronounced /ˈəʊˌɔɪd/ (UK).
What is the plural of ooid?
The plural of ooid is ooids.

Words near ooid in the dictionary

  1. oohing
  2. oohings
  3. oohrah
  4. oohs
  5. OOI
  6. ooid
  7. ooidal
  8. ooids
  9. Oois
  10. ooja
  11. oojah

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ooid (page history and authors); ooid (Bengali Wiktionary) (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.

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