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silices

silices 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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Questions about silices

What is silices the plural of?
Silices is the plural of silex.

Words near silices in the dictionary

  1. silicatizing
  2. silicene
  3. silicenes
  4. siliceous
  5. siliceousness
  6. silices
  7. silici-
  8. silician
  9. silicic
  10. silicic acid
  11. silicic acids

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