oolite
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 7
- Letters
- 6
/ˈəʊəlʌɪt/(UK)
Definition of oolite
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains.
“Here and there are beds of oolites, for example, made of little rounded grains – like millet seed – that form only in agitated warm waters, such as you might find off the Bahamas today.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains.
“Here and there are beds of oolites, for example, made of little rounded grains – like millet seed – that form only in agitated warm waters, such as you might find off the Bahamas today.”
- (countable, rare)An ooid or oolith.
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Etymology
From oo- + -lite, after German Oolit.
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