"amphibolite" meaning in English

See amphibolite in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /æmˈfɪb.əˌlaɪt/ Forms: amphibolites [plural]
Etymology: From amphibole + -ite. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|amphibole|ite}} amphibole + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} amphibolite (countable and uncountable, plural amphibolites)
  1. Any of a class of metamorphic rocks composed mainly of amphibole with some quartz etc. Wikipedia link: amphibolite Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Rocks Derived forms: amphibolitize, orthoamphibolite Related terms: amphibolitic Translations (metamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole): amfibolit [common-gender] (Danish), amfiboliitti (Finnish), anfibolita [feminine] (Galician), αμφιβολίτης (amfivolítis) [masculine] (Greek), amfibolitt [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), amfibolitt [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), amfibolit [masculine] (Polish), anfibolita [feminine] (Portuguese), амфиболи́т (amfibolít) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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