iron-rich
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Containing high levels of iron.
Example Sentences
- "Sodium metasomatism is considered by Kuman (1959) to have been responsible for the formation of the magnesioriebeckite in some of the iron-rich sediments of the Krivoy Rog basin."
- "Chamosite, an iron-rich chlorite, is an important constituent of some sedimentary iron ores."
- "As it seems that the dead bivalves are generally present below the recent iron-rich sediment, it is believed that during the last 20 years approximately, human intervention around the fjord has worsened the life conditions of some of the benthonic organisms."