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
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
