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petanque

petanque noun: any of various ores, including forms of silver sulfide (such as stephanite) and the copper ore tetrahedrite. Also the alternative form of pétanque.

Noun

petanque (countable and uncountable, plural petanques)

  1. (dated) Any of various ores, including forms of silver sulfide (such as stephanite) and the copper ore tetrahedrite.
    • First-discovered mine in the District; gave much "petanque" (stephanite, or silver glance).1883, Charles Bunker Dahlgren, Historic Mines of Mexico
    • There are other openings on the ledge between the ends of these claims, but all are small and filled with debris, but it is an interesting and notable fact that all the workings show the rich sulphide of silver, or petanque ore […]1902, Reports Mining Engineers, Cieneguita Copper Company, page 26

Also used as

petanque is also the alternative form of pétanque.

Forms of petanque

pluralpetanques

Questions about petanque

What does petanque mean?
Petanque means any of various ores, including forms of silver sulfide (such as stephanite) and the copper ore tetrahedrite.
What part of speech is petanque?
Petanque is a noun.
What is the plural of petanque?
The plural of petanque is petanques.

Words near petanque in the dictionary

  1. petaly
  2. petameter
  3. petameters
  4. petametre
  5. petametres
  6. petanque
  7. petanques
  8. petaop
  9. petaops
  10. petaparsec
  11. petaparsecs

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