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silicon carbide

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables
sil-i-con -car-bide
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A binary compound of silicon and carbon, SiC; it is one of the hardest known materials, and is used as an abrasive, under the trade name Carborundum, and as a refractory material.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

silicon carbides (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

crystolon

Questions

What does silicon carbide mean?
A binary compound of silicon and carbon, SiC; it is one of the hardest known materials, and is used as an abrasive, under the trade name Carborundum, and as a refractory material.

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