taconite
[ tak-uh-nahyt ]
/ Ë?tæk əˌnaɪt /
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noun
a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
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Origin of taconite
1890–95, Americanism; named after the Taconic mountain range (east of the Hudson River); see -ite1
Words nearby taconite
Tacna-Arica, tacnode, taco, Tacoma, Taconic Mountains, taconite, tacrine hydrochloride, tacrolimus, tact, tactful, tactic
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How to use taconite in a sentence
It is estimated that taconite will be supplying about a third of our ores in less than 20 years.
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British Dictionary definitions for taconite
taconite
/ (Ë?tækəˌnaɪt) /
noun
a fine-grained sedimentary rock containing magnetite, haematite, and silica, which occurs in the Lake Superior region: a low-grade iron ore
Word Origin for taconite
C20: named after the Taconic Mountains in New England
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