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CHALYBEATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chalybeate mean?
• CHALYBEATE (adjective)
The adjective CHALYBEATE has 1 sense:
1. containing or impregnated with or tasting of iron
Familiarity information: CHALYBEATE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Containing or impregnated with or tasting of iron
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
iron (a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood)
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