mineral
(adjective) composed of matter other than plant or animal; “the inorganic mineral world”
mineral
(adjective) relating to minerals; “mineral elements”; “mineral deposits”
mineral
(noun) solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Mineral
A census-designated place in Tehama County, California, United States.
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mineral (plural minerals)
(geology) Any naturally occurring inorganic material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties.
Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable).
(nutrition) Any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition; a dietary mineral.
(British) Mineral water.
(Ireland, South Africa, informal) A soft drink, particularly a single serve bottle or can.
(obsolete) A mine or mineral deposit.
(obsolete) A poisonous or dangerous substance.
mineral (not comparable)
of, related to, or containing minerals
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Source: Wiktionary
Min"er*al, n. Etym: [F. minéral, LL. minerale, fr. minera mine. See Mine, v. i.]
1. An inorganic species or substance occurring in nature, having a definite chemical composition and usually a distinct crystalline form. Rocks, except certain glassy igneous forms, are either simple minerals or aggregates of minerals.
2. A mine. [Obs.] Shak.
3. Anything which is neither animal nor vegetable, as in the most general classification of things into three kingdoms (animal, vegetable, and mineral).
Min"er*al, a.
1. Of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or of minerals; as, a mineral substance.
2. Impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters. Mineral acids (Chem.), inorganic acids, as sulphuric, nitric, phosphoric, hydrochloric, acids, etc., as distinguished from the organic acids.
– Mineral blue, the name usually given to azurite, when reduced to an impalpable powder for coloring purposes.
– Mineral candle, a candle made of paraffine.
– Mineral caoutchouc, an elastic mineral pitch, a variety of bitumen, resembling caoutchouc in elasticity and softness. See Caoutchouc, and Elaterite.
– Mineral chameleon (Chem.) See Chameleon mineral, under Chameleon.
– Mineral charcoal. See under Charcoal.
– Mineral cotton. See Mineral wool (below).
– Mineral green, a green carbonate of copper; malachite.
– Mineral kingdom (Nat. Sci.), that one of the three grand divisions of nature which embraces all inorganic objects, as distinguished from plants or animals.
– Mineral oil. See Naphtha, and Petroleum.
– Mineral paint, a pigment made chiefly of some natural mineral substance, as red or yellow iron ocher.
– Mineral patch. See Bitumen, and Asphalt.
– Mineral right, the right of taking minerals from land.
– Mineral salt (Chem.), a salt of a mineral acid.
– Mineral tallow, a familiar name for hatchettite, from its fatty or spermaceti-like appearance.
– Mineral water. See under Water.
– Mineral wax. See Ozocerite.
– Mineral wool, a fibrous wool-like material, made by blowing a powerful jet of air or steam through melted slag. It is a poor conductor of heat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
