Mineral

Quick meaning: Mineral is a noun meaning Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable).

Meaning

Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable).

More Meanings

1. (nutrition) Any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition.
2. (British) Mineral water.
3. (Ireland, South Africa, Nigeria, informal) A soft drink, particularly a single serve bottle or can.
4. of, related to, or containing minerals
5. (geology) Any naturally occurring material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties; especially, an inorganic one.
6. (obsolete) A mine or mineral deposit.
7. (obsolete) A poisonous or dangerous substance.

Example Sentences

...Thou hast... / Abused her delicate youth with drugs or minerals[…]

O'er whom his very madness, like some ore / Among a mineral of metals base, / Shows itself pure;

Neodymium is a rare earth, one of the minerals near the bottom of the periodic table that are crucial for everyday life.

But now Saudi Arabia is growing its mineral sector, to reduce its economic dependence on oil and, according to analysts, increase its geopolitical influence.

Word Forms

• minerals
• minerall

Synonyms for mineral

Depending on context, synonyms include petrified, inorganic, mineralized, asphaltic.

Antonyms for mineral

Common opposites include animal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mineralized, inorganic, asphaltic, petrified, rock, mineralogy.

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