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SILEX

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vacuum coffee maker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

coffee maker (a kitchen appliance for brewing coffee automatically)

Domain usage:

trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A pure form of finely ground silica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

silica; silicon dioxide; silicon oxide (a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite)

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