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oreshoot

oreshoot noun: an elongated body of ore that follows a vein.

Noun

oreshoot (plural oreshoots)

  1. An elongated body of ore that follows a vein.
    • In the Northern Pennine orefield, the oreshoots may be classified into two principal types (i) vein oreshoots, developed by mineralisation along fissures which seldom deviate more than 20° from the vertical where they […]1990, Kingsley Charles Dunham, Geology of the Northern Pennine Orefield, volume 2, page 65

Forms of oreshoot

pluraloreshoots

Origin of oreshoot

From ore + shoot.

Questions about oreshoot

What does oreshoot mean?
Oreshoot means an elongated body of ore that follows a vein.
What part of speech is oreshoot?
Oreshoot is a noun.
What is the plural of oreshoot?
The plural of oreshoot is oreshoots.

Words near oreshoot in the dictionary

  1. oreosomatid
  2. oreosomatids
  3. ores
  4. Oreshnik
  5. Oreshniks
  6. oreshoot
  7. oreshoots
  8. Orestean
  9. Oresteia
  10. Oresteian
  11. Orestes

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