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Aggregate
noun · 78% connection
material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deposit, pebbles, gravel, ferruginous, sand.
Alluvium
noun · 78% connection
Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently subm…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deposit, pebbles, gravel, ferruginous, sand.
Arena
noun · 78% connection
"Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deposit, pebbles, gravel, ferruginous, sand.
Arenaceous
adjective · 78% connection
Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deposit, pebbles, gravel, ferruginous, sand.
Asphaltum
noun · 78% connection
A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deposit, pebbles, gravel, ferruginous, sand.
Bar
noun · 78% connection
A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deposit, pebbles, gravel, ferruginous, sand.
Beauxite
noun · 78% connection
A ferruginous hydrate of alumina. It is largely used in the preparation of aluminium and alumina, and for the lining of furnaces which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deposit, pebbles, gravel, ferruginous, sand.
Blind
verb · 78% connection
To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deposit, pebbles, gravel, ferruginous, sand.
Blinding
noun · 78% connection
A thin coating of sand and fine gravel over a newly paved road. See Blind, v. t., 4.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deposit, pebbles, gravel, ferruginous, sand.
Brilliant
adjective · 78% connection
A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendere…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deposit, pebbles, gravel, ferruginous, sand.
Carbonado
noun · 78% connection
A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinct…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deposit, pebbles, gravel, ferruginous, sand.
Chessil
noun · 78% connection
Gravel or pebbles.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deposit, pebbles, gravel, ferruginous, sand.
Chisley
adjective · 78% connection
Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; -- said of a soil.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deposit, pebbles, gravel, ferruginous, sand.
Concrete
noun · 78% connection
A mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken stone with cement or with tar, etc., used for sidewalks, roadways, foundations, etc., and esp.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deposit, pebbles, gravel, ferruginous, sand.
Corundum
noun · 78% connection
The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby, or r…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deposit, pebbles, gravel, ferruginous, sand.
Crystal
noun · 78% connection
The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; -…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deposit, pebbles, gravel, ferruginous, sand.
Deposit
verb · 78% connection
That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the sili…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deposit, pebbles, gravel, ferruginous, sand.
Diamond
adjective · 78% connection
Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deposit, pebbles, gravel, ferruginous, sand.
