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veinstuff

veinstuff noun: minerals found in a vein, of lesser value than ores.

Noun

veinstuff (countable and uncountable, plural veinstuffs)

  1. Minerals found in a vein, of lesser value than ores.
    • The less valuable minerals are called veinstuffs, and the more valuable are termed vein ores. The more common veinstuffs are calcite, quartz, heavy spar, and fluorspar.1900, Lyman Child Wooster, The Geological Story of Kansas, page 59

veinstuff meaning in Tamil

veinstuff in Tamil

நாளிப் பொதிவு

Forms of veinstuff

pluralveinstuffs

Origin of veinstuff

From vein + stuff.

Questions about veinstuff

What does veinstuff mean?
Veinstuff means minerals found in a vein, of lesser value than ores.
What is veinstuff in Tamil?
Veinstuff in Tamil is நாளிப் பொதிவு. See Veinstuff meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is veinstuff?
Veinstuff is a noun.
What is the plural of veinstuff?
The plural of veinstuff is veinstuffs.

Words near veinstuff in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: veinstuff (page history and authors); veinstuff (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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