"chert" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃɜːt/ [UK], /t͡ʃɝt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chert.wav Forms: cherts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t Etymology: Unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chert (countable and uncountable, plural cherts)
  1. (geology, uncountable) Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Geology Translations (mineral): sílex (Catalan), 燧石 (suìshí) (Chinese Mandarin), rohovec [masculine] (Czech), ränikivi (Estonian), sertti (Finnish), chaille (French), Hornstein (German), Feuerstein (German), חלמיש (khalamísh) [masculine] (Hebrew), csert (Hungarian), ftanite [feminine] (Italian), 角岩 (kakugan) (Japanese), チャート (chāto) (Japanese), whaiapu (Maori), rogowiec (Polish), sílex córneo [masculine] (Portuguese), сла́нец (slánec) [masculine] (Russian), кремни́стый известня́к (kremnístyj izvestnják) [masculine] (Russian), roženec [masculine] (Slovene), sílex [masculine] (Spanish), pedernal [masculine] (Spanish), gornfaen (Welsh)
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  2. (countable) A flint-like tool made from chert. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-chert-en-noun-v5~CpBJC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chertification, chertified, chertify, cherty, metachert Related terms: chalcedony, flint, jasper, quartzite, silicate

Inflected forms

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "roženec"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sílex"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pedernal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "gornfaen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chert"
}

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