GIBBSITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gibbsite mean? 

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

1. white crystalline mineral consisting of aluminum hydroxide; a constituent of bauxite and a source of alumina

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GIBBSITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

White crystalline mineral consisting of aluminum hydroxide; a constituent of bauxite and a source of alumina

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Nouns denoting substances

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

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

Meronyms (substance of "gibbsite"):

aluminium hydroxide; aluminum hydroxide; hydrated aluminium oxide; hydrated aluminum oxide (white crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite)

Holonyms ("gibbsite" is a substance of...):

bauxite (a clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst)