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phosphorite

phosphorite noun: a sedimentary rock rich in phosphate minerals such as apatite.

Noun

phosphorite (countable and uncountable, plural phosphorites)

  1. a sedimentary rock rich in phosphate minerals such as apatite

phosphorite meaning in Tamil

phosphorite in Tamil

பொசுபொரைற்று

Forms of phosphorite

pluralphosphorites

Origin of phosphorite

From phosphor + -ite.

Words formed from phosphorite

Questions about phosphorite

What does phosphorite mean?
Phosphorite means a sedimentary rock rich in phosphate minerals such as apatite.
What is phosphorite in Tamil?
Phosphorite in Tamil is பொசுபொரைற்று. See Phosphorite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is phosphorite?
Phosphorite is a noun.
What is the plural of phosphorite?
The plural of phosphorite is phosphorites.

Words near phosphorite in the dictionary

  1. phosphorises
  2. phosphorising
  3. phosphorism
  4. Phosphorist
  5. Phosphorists
  6. phosphorite
  7. phosphorites
  8. phosphoritic
  9. phosphorization
  10. phosphorizations
  11. phosphorize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phosphorite (page history and authors); phosphorite (Tamil 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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