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veinstone

veinstone noun: synonym of gangue.

Noun

veinstone (countable and uncountable, plural veinstones)

  1. Synonym of gangue.
    • The effect of this mixture is to reduce the per centage of copper, which is further depressed by the impossibility of separating, even by the most perfect machinery, all the adherent rock and veinstone from the ore.2011, Robert Kane, The Industrial Resources of Ireland, page 183
    Synonyms:
    gangue

Synonyms of veinstone

Forms of veinstone

pluralveinstones

Origin of veinstone

From vein + stone.

Questions about veinstone

What does veinstone mean?
Veinstone means synonym of gangue.
What part of speech is veinstone?
Veinstone is a noun.
What is the plural of veinstone?
The plural of veinstone is veinstones.

Words near veinstone in the dictionary

  1. veinlets
  2. veinlike
  3. veinous
  4. veinously
  5. veins
  6. veinstone
  7. veinstones
  8. veinstuff
  9. veinstuffs
  10. veintena
  11. Veintines

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