oolite
/ˈəʊəlʌɪt/
oolite noun: a rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains.
Noun
oolite (countable and uncountable, plural oolites)
- A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains.
- Here and there are beds of oolites, for example, made of little rounded grains – like millet seed – that form only in agitated warm waters, such as you might find off the Bahamas today.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 170
- An ooid or oolith.
oolite meaning in Tamil and Bengali
oolite in Tamil
- பரற்செறிவுக்கல், மணிவகைச் சுண்ணாம்புக்கல், ஓலைட்டு, மணிவகைச் சுண்ணாம்புக் கல்
oolite in Bengali
- একটি ওঅয়েড, উলিথ
Synonyms of oolite
Forms of oolite
| plural | oolites |
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Origin of oolite
From oo- + -lite, after German Oolit.
Words formed from oolite
Questions about oolite
- What does oolite mean?
- Oolite means a rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains.
- What is oolite in Tamil?
- Oolite in Tamil is பரற்செறிவுக்கல், மணிவகைச் சுண்ணாம்புக்கல், ஓலைட்டு. See Oolite meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is oolite?
- Oolite is a noun.
- How do you pronounce oolite?
- Oolite is pronounced /ˈəʊəlʌɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of oolite?
- The plural of oolite is oolites.
Words near oolite in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: oolite (page history and authors); oolite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); oolite (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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