CRYOLITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine

Synonyms:

cryolite; Greenland spar

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Nouns denoting substances

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

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

Meronyms (substance of "cryolite"):

atomic number 9; F; fluorine (a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite)

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