CRYOLITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cryolite mean? 

• CRYOLITE (noun)
  The noun CRYOLITE has 1 sense:

1. a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine

  Familiarity information: CRYOLITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRYOLITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

cryolite; Greenland spar

Hypernyms ("cryolite" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "cryolite"):

atomic number 9; F; fluorine (a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite)