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veinstones

veinstones is the plural of veinstone.

Meaning of veinstone

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

Questions about veinstones

What is veinstones the plural of?
Veinstones is the plural of veinstone.

Words near veinstones in the dictionary

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

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