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xenolith

xenolith noun: any piece of rock having a different origin to that of the igneous rock in which it is found.

Noun

xenolith (plural xenoliths)

  1. Any piece of rock having a different origin to that of the igneous rock in which it is found.

xenolith meaning in Tamil

xenolith in Tamil

மாற்றுப்பாறை

Forms of xenolith

pluralxenoliths

Origin of xenolith

From xeno- + -lith.

Words formed from xenolith

Questions about xenolith

What does xenolith mean?
Xenolith means any piece of rock having a different origin to that of the igneous rock in which it is found.
What is xenolith in Tamil?
Xenolith in Tamil is மாற்றுப்பாறை. See Xenolith meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is xenolith?
Xenolith is a noun.
What is the plural of xenolith?
The plural of xenolith is xenoliths.

Words near xenolith in the dictionary

  1. xenolinguistic
  2. xenolinguistics
  3. xenolinguists
  4. xenolite
  5. xenolites
  6. xenolith
  7. xenolithic
  8. xenoliths
  9. xenoliver
  10. xenolivers
  11. xenolog

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