Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonmineral

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: non-min-er-al
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

noun

Any substance that is not a mineral.

Example Sentences

"In April 2004, the Food and Drug Administration said it had received 260 reports of deaths associated with herbs and other nonvitamin, nonmineral supplements since 1989."

Etymology

From non- + mineral.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Inflected Forms

nonminerals (plural)

Questions

What does nonmineral mean?: Not mineral.
Where does nonmineral come from?: From non- + mineral.

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