ZIRCON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zircon mean? 

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

1. a common mineral occurring in small crystals; chief source of zirconium; used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZIRCON (noun)

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Meaning:

A common mineral occurring in small crystals; chief source of zirconium; used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

zircon; zirconium silicate

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

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

Meronyms (substance of "zircon"):

atomic number 40; zirconium; Zr (a lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium; it is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber; it occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly from zircon)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zircon"):

hyacinth; jacinth (a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone)

jargon; jargoon (a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon)