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oreshoots

oreshoots is the plural of oreshoot.

Meaning of oreshoot

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

Questions about oreshoots

What is oreshoots the plural of?
Oreshoots is the plural of oreshoot.

Words near oreshoots in the dictionary

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

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