GIBBSITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

White crystalline mineral consisting of aluminum hydroxide; a constituent of bauxite and a source of alumina

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("gibbsite" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "gibbsite"):

aluminium hydroxide; aluminum hydroxide; hydrated aluminium oxide; hydrated aluminum oxide (white crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite)

Holonyms ("gibbsite" is a substance of...):

bauxite (a clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst)

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