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silexes

silexes is the plural of silex.

Meaning of silex

Noun

silex (countable and uncountable, plural silexes or silices)

  1. (archaic) Flint.
  2. A finely ground relatively pure form of silicas used as a paint filler etc.
    • Every little cold gust that I observed in the Colorado country had this corkscrew character […] an auger, of diameter varying from an inch to a thousand feet, capable of altering its direction so as to bore curved holes, revolving with incalculable rapidity, and armed with a cutting edge of silex.1864, Fitz-Hugh Ludlow, The Atlantic

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Noun capitalized: Silexes

Silexes

  1. (plural) plural of Silex

Questions about silexes

What is silexes the plural of?
Silexes is the plural of silex.
What part of speech is silexes?
Silexes is a noun.

Words near silexes in the dictionary

  1. silesias
  2. siletane
  3. siletanes
  4. Siletz
  5. silex
  6. silexes
  7. silexite
  8. silf
  9. silfe
  10. Silfies
  11. Silfieses

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