Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holdawayite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hold-awayite
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A manganese hydroxyl-carbonate mineral.

Etymology

From Holdaway + -ite, after the American petrologist Michael Jon Holdaway (1936–2025).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Holdaway

Inflected Forms

holdawayites (plural)

Questions

What does holdawayite mean?: A manganese hydroxyl-carbonate mineral.
Where does holdawayite come from?: From Holdaway + -ite, after the American petrologist Michael Jon Holdaway (1936–2025).

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